鼻 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「鼻」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「鼻」
- On
- ビ
- Kun
- はな
- Meaning
- nose
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'.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ビ | 鼻音・鼻孔・耳鼻科 |
|---|---|
| はな | 鼻・鼻血・小鼻 |
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)
Example
かぜを ひいて 鼻が つまります。
I caught a cold and my nose is stuffed.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)