To give

In Hakka, the word to give is pronounced bin¹. The modern written Chinese character 給 (pronounced gib⁵ in Hakka), clearly inappropriate since the pronunciation is different.

The character 分 fun¹ {to divide, to share, to separate} can be seen used in some Hakka materials. Another character also seen for this word is 𠚼 composed of 分 and 刂 with the meaning 分 in old Chinese character dictionaries. The additional 刂 radical seems to enforce an idea of sharing, dividing and separating. It has an alternative form 攽 bin¹ which I think is much more appropriate, the radical 攵 can be traced to oracle bone inscriptions as a hand holding a axe or some type of implement.

攽 bin¹ {to give}