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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
to cut off the nose
Changed fields: gloss
Remnant of 㓷. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 𰄩 represents the sound. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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說文解字
《說文》：“臬，射準的也。从木，从自。”
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- Character origin
- zi.tools
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)