biàn
distinguish
Depicts a hand (又) feeling for something in the sand (少).
Components
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernComponent uses
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[b]ˤre[n]-s | beanH | biàn | discriminate |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
6798th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+91C6 |
Shuowen | “釆,辨別也。象獸指爪分別也。讀若辨。,古文釆。” |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.88-89
黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2801
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