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Kanji Detail for 鼻 - "nose"

鼻

  • Meaning

    鼻 means "nose." Also associated with beginning.

    1. Nose - The organ for breathing and smelling.

    2. Beginning - The start; the origin.

  • Words using 鼻

    • 鼻息 はないき Listen nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure
    • 鼻水 はなみず Listen nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot
    • 耳鼻科 じびか Listen otolaryngology; ear, nose, and throat department
    • 鼻紙 はながみ Listen tissue paper; facial tissue; paper handkerchief

  • Four-character idioms with 鼻

    • 阿鼻叫喚 あびきょうかん Listen agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
    • 鼻元思案 はなもとじあん Listen superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea
    • 鼻先思案 はなさきじあん Listen superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea

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    • Verified meaning: nose
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read はな, はなさき)
    • Also carries these associations: beginning

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 鼻

    Surnames 鼻(はな)Listen 鼻(はなさき)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    nose; snout

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    nose; first; Kangxi radical 209

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    nose

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    nose; first

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The organ by which humans and higher animals perceive smell. Located in the middle of the face. External appearance is a triangular protrusion. Two holes open in front. Connects to the pharynx in back. The membrane inside the cavity is densely covered with olfactory nerves. Used to distinguish fragrance and foulness. And breathing air is especially dependent on it. | Beginning. As in the first ancestor is called 鼻祖.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bi(ビ) ビ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hana(はな) はな

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    鼻 (hana・hanahen)

  • Related Keywords

    nose beginning snout proboscis breathe nasal nostril olfactory organ scent septum sinus smell origin onset commence

Sentences including 鼻

  • She is vain of her beauty.

  • You are talking through the nose.

  • The store is close to my house.

  • He is boastful of his success.

  • I have a head cold.

  • Your nose is running.

  • Your nose is running.

  • He has a long nose.

  • She has a long nose.

  • Don't boast too much about that.

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