Character for separating

It carries the old sense “separate” or “loosen.” Chinese dictionaries list 𰄭 as a simplified form of 𠠫, replacing 麗 with 丽 while keeping 刂, the knife component. The Kangxi Dictionary cites Fangyan, a Han-era glossary of regional speech, for the older form’s gloss.

Park Jiwon (1737–1805), a Korean scholar, describes 𠠫刀, literally “𠠫 blade,” as a short, thick-backed sickle fitted to a small ox-drawn plow. It cuts dense reeds, brush, and roots before the plow opens a furrow.