鼻

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nose

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

自 meaning “self” + 畀 sound ( bì )

Components 自畀

nose · Heisig RSH #617

two hands + nostrils + 脑 brain

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大红鼻子	dà hóng bí zi	rhinophyma (red nose, often related to rosacea or excessive alcohol); brandy nose
白鼻子	bái bí zi	cunning or sly person
白鼻心	bái bí xīn	(Tw) masked palm civet (Paguma larvata)
老鼻子	lǎo bí zi	many
一鼻孔出气	yī bí kǒng chū qì	lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thi…
后鼻音	hòu bí yīn	velar nasal; consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against th…
鼻出血	bí chū xuè	nosebleed
长鼻目	cháng bí mù	order Proboscidea (elephants and mammoths)
前鼻音	qián bí yīn	alveolar nasal; consonant n produced in the nose with the tongue against the alveolar ridg…
牛鼻子	niú bí zi	key point; crux; (old) Daoist (facetious)
鼻牛儿	bí niú r	hardened mucus in nostrils
流鼻血	liú bí xiě	to bleed from the nose; (fig.) to be sexually aroused
鼻病毒	bí bìng dú	rhinovirus (common cold virus)
鼻子	bí zi	nose; CL:個\|个[ge4],隻\|只[zhi1]
鼻水	bí shuǐ	nasal mucus; snivel
鼻头	bí tóu	tip of the nose; (dialect) nose
鼻儿	bí r	eye; a hole in an implement or utensil for insertion
下鼻甲	xià bí jiǎ	inferior nasal conchae
开山鼻祖	kāi shān bí zǔ	founder
口鼻	kǒu bí	mouth and nose; (an animal's) snout

Characters sharing the sound component 畀 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
畀 sound part	bì	to give
痹	bì	numbess, paralysis
箅	bì	(bound form) bamboo grid for steaming food
淠	pì	luxuriant; water lily