cut off nose

To cut  the nose  also provides the pronunciation

Components
鼻 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

  

nose

刂 meaning component

  Meaning component

dāo

  

knife

Evolution

劓 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
劓 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
劓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

cut off nose; cut off the nose