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鼻 means 'nose'

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Strokes : 14    Radical number: 209    Frequency: 1030   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-13    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 47    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 147 words   Used in 237 words   Used in 1331 names   Component in 17 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ビ
Kun
   はな nose
Notes
Rare kanji similar to bottom component exists 畀 (give)
Find out about the shape of the 鼻 radical versus that of its variant, and learn the etymology of 鼻. Also see what the Japanese think about a famous story by Akutagawa.
Components
⿳  自 self  田 rice field  廾 twenty  
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胃 stomach  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 鼻 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 鼻 is used 204 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
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ビ : 64 words FIND ALL
じ び か 0
noun
otolaryngology; concerning the ear, nose, and throat
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はな : 121 words FIND ALL
は な 0
Most common form: はな
noun
nose
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はな (read as ばな) : 15 words FIND ALL
て ば な 1
noun
blowing one's nose with one's fingers
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はな (read as ぱな) : 4 words FIND ALL
だ ん ご っ ぱ な 2
noun
snub nose; pug nose; button-shaped nose; bulbous nose; cauliflower-shaped nose
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An additional 1 less common words include 鼻 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 399 (originally: 377)  Joy o' Kanji : 377  Key to Kanji: 895 

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鼻
ビ   はな nose   
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自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
廾
twenty; two hands   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
田
デン   た rice field   
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