yì
to cut off the nose
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 𰄩 represents the sound.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernHistorical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ŋ<r>[a][t]-s | ngjejH | yì | cut off the nose |
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+34F7 |
Shuowen | “,刑鼻也。从刀,臬聲。《易》曰:‘其人天且。’劓,臬或从鼻。” |
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