liè
arrange
Original meaning:
break apart
歹 depicts a wooden post with a cracked bottom and 刂 depicts a knife. Both used to convey the original meaning "break apart". 歹 also represents the sound. The meaning later shifted to "arrange in order" and "list".
Components
Evolution

Bronze script
Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
liè
a line; to arrange in order, classify; to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.355
