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鼻

bí

nose

Phonosemantic compound. 自 is a pictograph of a nose and 畀 represents the sound.

Components
自 iconic component

自  Iconic component

zì

  

self

Depicts a nose.

畀 sound component

畀  Sound component

bì

  

to give

Evolution

鼻 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
鼻 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
鼻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鼻 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
鼻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鼻  

bí

nose; first; KangXi radical 209

Most common words with 鼻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鼻子

nose

鼻

nose

鼻涕

snivel

鼻孔

nostril

鼻炎

rhinitis

Component uses

Meaning component in 5 characters (0 verified)

鼾 擤 劓 齄 鼽

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

濞 劓

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Cə-bi[t]-s

bjijH

bí

smell (v.t.)

*m-bi[t]-s

bjijH

bí

nose


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 21.1116% of movies

1398th most common character in movies

1335th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+9F3B

Shuowen

“鼻，引气自畀也。从自、畀。”


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