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鼻

Nose
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingビ
Kun readingはな

Homonyms

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Same reading (はな)
花 · flower

Radicals and components

Radical鼻nose
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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drop (丶) · eye (目) · rice field (田) · brains · two hands

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 733

Compound words

彼は鼻がいちばん立派だ。
His nose is his best feature.tatoeba
彼が正直なので私は鼻が高い。
I am proud of his honesty.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Nose. 自 (nose) + 畀 — 自 itself originally meant 'nose'; the lower part gives the sound.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 鼻

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step