Liu Xie was the author of the literary classic Wenxin Diaolong.
Tips
history
勰 means 'harmonious' and is essentially a variant of 协. It is not used as a common word today and survives almost only in personal names, most famously the literary critic 刘勰.
register
Archaic and name-only, encountered as a given name or in old texts, not in modern speech. Write 协 for the everyday word.
Components
semantic
劦xié
joined forces; cooperation
劦 is three 力 (strength) signs together, many forces pulling as one. It supplies both the sound and the idea of working in concord.
