劓
yì

cut off nose

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 鼻 represents the sound.

Components

鼻
鼻 SoundMeaning component
bí nose
刂
刂 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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)