勿 is compound ideograph, depicting a knife cutting off the useless things such as melon skin, vegetable roots, etc. 勿 serves as a phonetic component to form characters.
勿 a knife cutting off the useless things

勿 is compound ideograph, depicting a knife cutting off the useless things such as melon skin, vegetable roots, etc. 勿 serves as a phonetic component to form characters.