The story of 鼻

nose

鼻 is composed of 自(the picture of human nose) and 畀(an arrow with big arrowhead). The shape of an arrowhead looks like a human nose, or, nose is prominent and also the midpoint of our face, looks like the target of an arrow.

Vocabulary of 鼻

  • 鼻水 (nasal mucus)
  • 鼻孔 (nostril)

Classification

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