Radical 209

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).

畀 An arrow, see also 矢

Characters with Radical 209 strokes character +0 +2 +3 +5 +8 +9 +10 +11 +13 +22

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.

References

Radical 209

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