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鼻
鼻
See also: 自
Translingual
| Stroke order | |||
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| Shinjitai | 鼻 |
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| Simplified | 鼻 |
| Traditional | 鼻 |
Alternative forms
The form of this character differs slightly between China and Japan:
- in China: 鼻,
- in Japan: 鼻
That is, in China the bottom is 丌 (strokes T-junction), while in Japan the bottom is 廾 (strokes cross).
Han character
鼻 (radical 209 鼻+0, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹山田一中 (HUWML), four-corner 26446, composition ⿱自畀)
- Kangxi radical #209, ⿐ (“nose”).
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 1530, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48498
- Dae Jaweon: page 2066, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4779, character 1
- Unihan data for U+9F3B
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
鼻 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 鼻
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| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (畀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 箅 | *piːds, *pids |
| 濞 | *pʰiːds, *pʰrids |
| 畀 | *pids |
| 痹 | *pids |
| 淠 | *pʰrids |
| 嚊 | *pʰrids |
| 鼻 | *blids |
| 襣 | *bids |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *blids) : semantic 自 (“nose”) + phonetic 畀 (OC *pids). Originally written as 自 (OC *ɦljids), before it was borrowed for the sense of “self”.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bi (“nose”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bei6
- Gan (Wiktionary): pit7
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phi
- Jin (Wiktionary): bieh5
- Min Dong (BUC): pé / bê / bĭk
- Min Nan
- Wu (Wiktionary): beq (T5)
- Xiang (Wiktionary): bi6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˊ
- Wade-Giles: pih2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byi
- IPA (key): /pi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bei6
- Yale: beih
- Cantonese Pinyin: bei6
- IPA (key): /pei̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phi
- Hakka Romanization System: pi
- Hagfa Pinyim: pi4
- IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Jin
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: pé / bê / bĭk
- IPA (key): /pʰɛi²¹³/, /pɛi²⁴²/, /piʔ⁵⁵/
- Note: pé - vernacular (noun); bê - vernacular (“to smell”); bĭk - literary.
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan, Magong)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phīⁿ
- Tâi-lô: phīnn
- Phofsit Daibuun: phvi
- IPA (Xiamen): /pʰĩ²²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰĩ²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /pʰĩ³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phī
- Tâi-lô: phī
- Phofsit Daibuun: phi
- IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi²²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: pin7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phīⁿ
- IPA (key): /pʰĩ¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan, Magong)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: beq (T5)
- IPA (key): /b̻əʔ¹²/
- (Shanghainese)
- Xiang
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 鼻 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pi³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /pi²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /pi⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /pi⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /pi⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /pi⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /pi²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /pji²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /pi¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /pi⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /pi⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /pi²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /pi³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /pi²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /pi³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /piʔ⁵/ | |
| Hefei | /piəʔ⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /piəʔ⁵⁴/ |
| Pingyao | /piʌʔ⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /piəʔ⁴³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /biɪʔ¹/ |
| Suzhou | /biəʔ³/ | |
| Hangzhou |
/biəʔ²/ /bɑʔ²/ |
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| Wenzhou | /bi²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /pʰi²²/ |
| Tunxi | /pʰi⁵/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /pi²⁴/ |
| Xiangtan | /pʰi⁵⁵/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /pʰiʔ²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pʰi⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | /pʰi⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pei²²/ |
| Nanning | /pi²²/ | |
| Hong Kong | /pei²²/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/pi²²/ /pʰi²²/ ～仔 |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /pʰɛi²¹²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /pʰi⁴⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /pĩ³¹/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /fi²³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 鼻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 毗至切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/biɪH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/biH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/bjɪH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/biH/ |
| Li Rong |
/biH/ |
| Wang Li |
/biH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/bʱiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
bì |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 鼻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 612 |
| Phonetic component |
畀 |
| Rime group |
至 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
鼻 |
| Old Chinese |
/*blids/ |
Definitions
鼻
- (anatomy) nose
- nose-like object; protruding part or the handle of an object
- initial; founding; beginning; original
- 鼻祖 ― bízǔ ― forefather; initiator
- (Min) nasal mucus; snot
- (Hakka, Min) to smell
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 鼻子 (“nose”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 鼻 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鼻子 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 鼻子 |
| Taiwan | 鼻子 | |
| Jinan | 鼻子 | |
| Xi'an | 鼻子 | |
| Wuhan | 鼻子 | |
| Chengdu | 鼻子 | |
| Yangzhou | 鼻子 | |
| Hefei | 鼻子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鼻哥、鼻 |
| Hong Kong | 鼻哥、鼻 | |
| Taishan | 鼻 | |
| Yangjiang | 鼻 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鼻子、鼻公 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鼻公 |
| Xingning | 鼻公 | |
| Huidong (Huizhou) | 鼻公 | |
| Qujiang | 鼻頭 | |
| Xiaosanjiang | 鼻公 | |
| Changting | 鼻公 | |
| Pingyu | 鼻公 | |
| Wuping | 鼻公 | |
| Liancheng | 鼻公 | |
| Ninghua | 鼻公 | |
| Ruijin | 鼻公 | |
| Shicheng | 鼻公 | |
| Shangyou | 鼻公 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鼻公 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 鼻公 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 鼻空 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 鼻公 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 鼻公、鼻空、鼻窟仔 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 鼻空、鼻 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鼻子 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 鼻 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 鼻 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 鼻仔、鼻 |
| Xiamen | 鼻仔、鼻 | |
| Zhangzhou | 鼻仔、鼻 | |
| Taipei | 鼻仔 | |
| Kaohsiung | 鼻仔 | |
| Tainan | 鼻仔 | |
| Taichung | 鼻仔 | |
| Yilan | 鼻 | |
| Lukang | 鼻 | |
| Sanxia | 鼻 | |
| Kinmen | 鼻 | |
| Magong | 鼻 | |
| Hsinchu | 鼻仔 | |
| Malaysia | 鼻管 | |
| Chaozhou | 鼻 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鼻頭 |
| Suzhou | 鼻頭 | |
| Wenzhou | 鼻頭 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鼻子 |
| Shuangfeng | 鼻頭 | |
| Dialectal synonyms of 聞 (“to smell”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 聞、嗅 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 聞 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 聞 |
| Taiwan | 聞 | |
| Tianjin | 聞 | |
| Jinan | 聞 | |
| Xi'an | 聞 | |
| Wuhan | 聞 | |
| Chengdu | 聞 | |
| Yangzhou | 聞 | |
| Nanjing | 聞 | |
| Hefei | 聞 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 聞 |
| Hong Kong | 聞 | |
| Taishan | 聞 | |
| Yangjiang | 聞 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 嗅 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鼻 |
| Xingning | 鼻 | |
| Huidong (Huizhou) | 鼻 | |
| Qujiang | 聞 | |
| Xiaosanjiang | 鼻 | |
| Changting | 鼻 | |
| Pingyu | 鼻 | |
| Wuping | 鼻 | |
| Liancheng | 鼻 | |
| Ninghua | 鼻 | |
| Ruijin | 鼻 | |
| Shicheng | 嗅 | |
| Shangyou | 嗅 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鼻 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 鼻 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 鼻 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 鼻 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 鼻 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 鼻 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 聞 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 鼻 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 鼻 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 鼻 |
| Xiamen | 鼻 | |
| Zhangzhou | 鼻 | |
| Taipei | 鼻 | |
| Kaohsiung | 鼻 | |
| Chaozhou | 鼻 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 聞 |
| Suzhou | 聞 | |
| Wenzhou | 嗅、聽 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 聞 |
| Shuangfeng | 嗅 | |
Compounds
Derived terms from 鼻
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Japanese
Kanji
鼻
Readings
Compounds
Pronunciation
| Kanji in this term |
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| 鼻 |
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はな Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi |
Noun
Etymology
From pointing to one's nose to refer to oneself.
Pronoun
Derived terms
- 鼻様 (hanasama)
Korean
Hanja
鼻 • (bi) (hangeul 비, McCune-Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
鼻 (tị)
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