鼻 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「鼻」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「鼻」
- On
- ビび · bi
- Kun
- はなhana
- Meaning
- nose
Stroke order
Origin
自 (originally a picture of a nose) + 畀 (gives the sound 'hi'). Since 自 came to mean 'oneself', this new phonetic-semantic character was made for 'nose'.
Readings and examples
| Onビびbi | 鼻音びおん鼻孔びこう耳鼻科じびか |
|---|---|
| Kunはなhana | 鼻はな鼻血はなぢ小鼻こばな |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 鼻血はなぢ
nosebleed
- 耳鼻科じびか
ear and nose clinic (ENT)
- 鼻風邪はなかぜ
- 鼻衄びじく
- 犢鼻褌とくびこん
Example
かぜを ひいて 鼻が つまります。
I caught a cold and my nose is stuffed.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)