entries → 鼻
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
character · TOCFL 1
鼻 =
ㄅㄧˊ · bí
noun — the nose

字源 FORM — what the parts do

the nose, drawn wholethe pictograph — bridge and nostrils; it drifted off to mean self
gives the sound
Tbì → bí — only the tone bends
自 draws the nose — bridge and nostrils. People pointing at their own nose pulled 自 into meaning self, so the nose word took 畀 underneath for sound, tone bent to bí, and kept the picture on top: 鼻子、鼻音.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

他指著)己的鼻尖:「我。」
A finger to the tip of the nose (自) — "me."
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)鼻子— the nose常用
鼻音— the nasal sound
鼻祖— the founder — the first of a line
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension