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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC Regular Modern
meaning, not iconic
Review: 自 would be iconic for this character because this component is directly showing the reader that it is a picture of the human nose.
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Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | bjijH | Cə-bi[t]-s | smell (v.t.) |
| bjijH | m-bi[t]-s | nose |
說文解字
《說文》：“鼻，引气自畀也。从自、畀。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)