鼻 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

bí HSK5

nose

approved by Hsmq · Jul 30, 2026, 02:54 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Jul 30, 2026, 03:19 PM

自 is original form of 鼻. 自 also represents the sound.

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Phonosemantic compound. Originally written as 自, a pictograph of a nose. 畀 represents the sound.

Components

Depicts a nose.

Change in sound

鼻 and 自 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

畀 Sound component

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bjijH	Cə-bi[t]-s	smell (v.t.)
	bjijH	m-bi[t]-s	nose

《說文》：“鼻，引气自畀也。从自、畀。”