a line
How it’s built
Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 歹 represents the sound.
knife — 刂 is a component form of 刀.
bad; evil — The pronunciation of 列 was similar to 歹 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.
Appears in
Characters that use 列 as a component, most common first.
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