鼻子

Why does 鼻子 look like this?

The character 鼻 (bí) is composed of 自 (zì), which originally meant 'nose' and now means 'self,' and 畀 (bì), which acts as a phonetic hint. Together, they represent the nose as the center of the face and a symbol of one's breath and identity. The second character 子 (zi) is a common neutral-tone suffix used to turn a single character into a noun!