Radical 209

鼻
Radical 209 (U+2FD0)
鼻 (U+9F3B) "nose"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	bí
Bopomofo:	ㄅㄧˊ
Wade–Giles:	pi2
Cantonese Yale:	bei6
Jyutping:	bei6
Japanese Kana:	ヒ, ビ hi, bi hana はな
Sino-Korean:	비 bi
Hán-Việt:	tị
Names
Japanese name(s):	鼻偏 hanaben
Hangul:	코 ko
Stroke order animation

Radical 209 meaning "nose" (鼻部) is 1 of 2 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 14 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 49 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

Evolution

semantic 自 ("nose") + phonetic 畀 (OC *pids).

• 
  Shuowen seal script

畀

An arrow, see also 矢

• 
  Shang dynasty Oracle bone script
• 
  Western Zhou Bronze script
• 
  Large seal script character

Characters with Radical 209

strokes	character
+0	鼻
+2	鼼 鼽
+3	鼾 鼿
+5	齀 齁
+8	齂
+9	齃 齄
+10	齅 齆
+11	齇
+13	齈
+22	齉

Main article: wikt:Wiktionary:Chinese radical index 鼻

Sinogram

As an independent sinogram 鼻 is a Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. Specifically it is a third grade kanji.

Further reading

• Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.

External links

• Unihan Database - U+9F3B