• 匕(kneeling person (pictograph); two people paired)

Two people standing beside each other to compare who is better or worse — that is the character Tỉ.

• ⺈(knife; variant form)
• 巴(long for; cling to; stick tight)

Beauty as sharp as a keen blade makes people stick fast and unable to look away.

• 八(divide; separate; eight)
• 刀(knife; blade; sword)

Using a knife to chop something in half represents division or separation.

• 匕(kneeling person (pictograph); two people paired)

Two people standing beside each other to compare who is better or worse — that is the character Tỉ.

• ⺈(knife; variant form)
• 巴(long for; cling to; stick tight)

Beauty as sharp as a keen blade makes people stick fast and unable to look away.

• 八(divide; separate; eight)
• 刀(knife; blade; sword)

Using a knife to chop something in half represents division or separation.