• nose;
  • nasal;
  • rhino-;

Etymology

It is a phono-semantic compound character composed of:

自 (ja, “self”), originally a pictograph of a nose, and

畀 (bi, meaning “to give”), used for its phonetic value.

Originally, the character 自 itself meant “nose”, but over time it came to mean “oneself” or “self”.

As a result, 鼻 was created to preserve the meaning “nose.”

Usage in Korean

When used as a radical, 鼻 conveys meanings related to the nose or breathing.

Examples include:

齈 (콧물 농, nasal mucus)

鼾 (코고는소리 한, snoring)

鼽 (코막힐 구, nasal congestion)

齉 (코막힐 낭, stuffy nose)

Among these, only 鼻 itself is commonly used in everyday life.

ko
bi
Kangxi radical:209
Strokes:14
Unicode:U+9F3B
Cangjie input:
  • 竹山田一中 (HUWML)
Composition:
  • ⿱ 自 畀
  • ⿱ 自 𢌿
Writing order
鼻 Writing order

Neighboring radicals in the dictionary

References