bā
break open
To separate 别 by hand 扌; 别 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
bā
break open, split open; an accounting version of the numeral eight; eight (banker's anti-fraud numeral); split
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
5580th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+634C |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》:“捌,《方言》云‘無齒杷’。从手,別聲。” |
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