Components

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)
On
   ビ
Kun
   はな nose
Rare kanji similar to bottom component exists (give)
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⿳   self   rice field   twenty  
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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
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noun
otolaryngology; concerning the ear, nose, and throat
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はな : 121 words FIND ALL
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Most common form: はな
noun
nose
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はな (read as ばな) : 15 words FIND ALL
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noun
blowing one's nose with one's fingers
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はな (read as ぱな) : 4 words FIND ALL
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noun
snub nose; pug nose; button-shaped nose; bulbous nose; cauliflower-shaped nose
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An additional one less common word includes 鼻 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 399 (originally: 377)  Joy o' Kanji : 377  Key to Kanji: 895 

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ビ   はな nose   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
デン   た rice field   
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