cut off nose

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approved by inralback19 · Feb 5, 2026, 07:25 PM · Reviewed by inralback19 on Feb 5, 2026, 07:25 PM

make me a hanzi still correct

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Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

SoundMeaning component
nose
Meaning component
dāo knife

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngijH[ŋ]rə[t]-s cut off the nose

說文解字

《說文》:“,刑鼻也。从刀,臬聲。《易》曰:‘其人天且。’劓,臬或从鼻。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica