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yì

to cut off the nose

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Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 𰄩 represents the sound.

Components

𰄩
𰄩 SoundMeaning component
yì to cut off the nose
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

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-SagartngjejHŋ<r>[a][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

Character origin
廣韻形聲考zi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)