Read Edit View history Discussion 鼻 bí HSK5 nose Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally written as 自, a pictograph of a nose. Phonosemantic compound. 自 represents the meaning and 畀 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas bí × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a nose. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鼻 Simp strokes 鼻 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鼻 Simp strokes 鼻 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 鼻 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 453, 854 ], [ 467, 829 ], [ 417, 767 ], [ 404, 759 ] ], [ [ 346, 754 ], [ 369, 734 ], [ 385, 709 ], [ 399, 566 ], [ 417, 496 ] ], [ [ 394, 746 ], [ 418, 738 ], [ 504, 760 ], [ 618, 779 ], [ 662, 770 ], [ 685, 745 ], [ 659, 609 ], [ 638, 539 ], [ 643, 520 ] ], [ [ 418, 661 ], [ 428, 673 ], [ 477, 681 ], [ 566, 694 ], [ 597, 690 ] ], [ [ 428, 592 ], [ 435, 602 ], [ 481, 610 ], [ 581, 623 ], [ 600, 618 ] ], [ [ 437, 523 ], [ 444, 535 ], [ 578, 549 ], [ 604, 558 ] ], [ [ 297, 459 ], [ 321, 443 ], [ 340, 412 ], [ 361, 308 ], [ 383, 243 ] ], [ [ 352, 449 ], [ 377, 440 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