Kanji 鼻

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: はな

画数かくすう: 14

部首ぶしゅ: みずから(自)

Meaning

Nose / Smell

  • はな — nose
  • 鼻血はなぢ — nosebleed
  • 鼻水はなみず — runny nose
  • 鼻声はなごえ — nasal voice
  • 鼻孔びこう — nostril
  • 嗅覚きゅうかく — sense of smell
  • はなたかい — to be proud
  • 鼻炎びえん — rhinitis

The top part originally depicted a nose; combined with a phonetic element below, it forms , the character for “nose.” It appears in medical and everyday words involving smell, congestion, and breathing.

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