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Its variant form includes 夶, which is composed of two 

large, big, great

 (big) characters combined. According to the Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字), the seal script form depicts two 

human, person

 (person) characters reversed and placed side by side.
Since two 

 characters together can represent the meaning "to follow" (从), reversing them symbolizes closeness or intimacy, which corresponds to the meaning of 比 ("to compare" or "to be close").

When used as a radical or semantic component, it conveys meanings related to comparison, and characters containing the strokes of 比 are categorized under this radical.

#73 — to say, to speak

#74 — month, moon

#75 — tree, wood, wooden

#76 — yawn, deficiency

#77 — to stop, to cease, to halt

#78 — bare bones, the bones remaining after the meat has been cut away, bad

#79 — shu (an ancient Chinese weapon), a spear without a blade, a club

#80 — do not, don't, do not do, do not eat

#81 — to compare, to be side by side, to cling, to conspire, to connect

#82 — hair, fur

#83 — lineage, surname, clan

#84 — energy, air, vital force

#85 — water

#86 — fire, heat

#87 — nail, claw

#88 — father, elder member of the family

#89 — to interweave, to cross

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比

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