鼻 – nose, snout

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The kanji 鼻 means nose, snout. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ビ (bi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はな (hana). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 鼻 (no. 209).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ビ	bi
Kun’yomi	はな	hana

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 鼻 (Kangxi radical 209). Components: 自・田・廾・目.

Words using 鼻

鼻はなnose耳鼻科じびかotolaryngology

Example sentences

鼻が出ているよ。かみなさい。

Your nose is running. Blow it.

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