列

• Organization and Enumeration: A row, line, or rank (spatial/linear); to arrange in order, classify, or enumerate. In a formal context, "listing" often implies a structured deployment of arguments.
• Status: Refers to entities possessing the recognized standing to be included in a formal rank or list (e.g., //liè-guó// 列國).
• Division: Splitting, rending, or breaking apart.

• Verb: Primarily transitive (to list X, to arrange Y); occasionally functions causatively (to force into a specific order or rank).
• Noun: A row, a rank, or a specific category/class.

In early texts, this glyph often overlaps with or is used interchangeably with 裂 (to tear/split). The choice between these senses depends on whether the context suggests organization or fragmentation.

The inclusion of the knife component (刂) informs the semantic range regarding splitting and rending.

The primary interpretive choice is between "creation" (organizing, classifying, ranking) and "destruction" (splitting, rending, breaking). While "arrange in order" is the standard default, translators should look for markers of chaos or violence in the surrounding passage to determine if the "split/tear" sense is intended.