另
lìng · HSK 6
another
🔄 mouth 口 + knife 刂 = cut apart, making another piece
A knife slices next to a mouth, separating one thing into a distinct other. When you cut something off, you create another — a separate piece split from the original.
另 — 口 (mouth) on top of 力 (strength)
另 originally meant 'to separate' or 'divide'. The character is thought to derive from a variant of 别, with 口 (mouth) suggesting speaking or naming apart, and 力 (strength) indicating the action. Today it primarily means 'other' or 'another'.