鼻

• 読み: はな
• ローマ字: hana
• 漢字の分解: 鼻 (bi/hana) — nose
• 発音: /ha.na/

意味

Nose. The organ of smell, located in the centre of the face.

Refers to the physical nose and the sense of smell. Appears in expressions like 鼻が高い (proud, literally 'tall nose'), 鼻水 (runny nose), and 鼻が利く (having a keen sense of smell). The id uses 'hana-nose' to distinguish from 花 (hana, flower).

例文

1. 花粉の季節は鼻水が止まらない。
2. 犬は鼻がとても利きます。
3. 鼻が詰まって息がしにくい。

使い方ガイド

場面: health, daily life, description

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 鼻 originally depicted a nose with the self-referencing radical 自 (self), since people point to their nose when indicating themselves.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal