鼻 Stroke Order — How to Write 鼻

Stroke Order

鼻 is written in 14 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 鼻, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

鼻 Radical and Character Components

Components:自畀

鼻 is a phono-semantic compound: 自 (self) carries the meaning, while 畀 indicates the sound.

Radical: 鼻 + 0 more strokes

鼻 Pronunciation and Pinyin

Meanings of 鼻 in Chinese

bí鼻

Nose; the organ of smell and a part of the respiratory system.

他的鼻子有点堵，说话带点鼻音

His nose is a bit stuffy, so he speaks with a nasal tone.

Founder or originator; patriarch; the first of its kind.

爱迪生被誉为电灯的鼻祖。

Edison is hailed as the patriarch of the electric light.

Common Words and Phrases with 鼻

bí鼻chì翅ér儿

wing of the nose

她一生气，鼻翅儿就会微微颤动，非常可爱。

When she gets angry, her nasal alae will quiver slightly, which is very cute.

bí鼻chuāng疮

Pyogenic infection of the nose; a painful sore or infection inside the nose.

感冒后，他鼻子里长了个鼻疮，触碰时会感到疼痛。

After catching a cold, he developed a nasal sore inside his nose, which was painful to touch.

bí鼻dí笛

A nose flute, a musical instrument often made of bamboo, played by blowing air through the nose.

在节日的篝火晚会上，一位老人吹奏着古老的鼻笛，悠扬的乐声在山谷中回荡。

At the festival bonfire evening, an elder played the ancient nose flute, and its melodious sound echoed in the valley.

bí鼻dòu窦

A paranasal sinus is an air-filled space in the bones surrounding the nasal cavity.

她因为鼻窦炎感到头痛和面部压力。

She felt a headache and facial pressure due to sinusitis.

bí鼻dòu窦yán炎

Inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the paranasal sinuses.

她因鼻窦炎引起的头痛和鼻塞让她感到非常不适。

The headaches and nasal congestion caused by her sinusitis made her feel very uncomfortable.

bí鼻ér儿

A small hole or loop on an object for threading or attaching (e.g., the eye of a needle or a loop for a door handle); or (dialectal) a whistle-like object.

那个小瓶子上有一个小鼻儿，可以穿根绳子挂起来。

There's a small hole on that small bottle, you can thread a string through it to hang it up.

bí鼻gāo高

nasal height or nose height

她的鼻高适中，使她的侧脸轮廓看起来很优雅。

Her nasal height is moderate, which makes her profile look very elegant.

bí鼻guān观

Refers to the nostril or the sense of smell.

在冥想时，他将注意力集中于鼻观，感受呼吸的进出

During meditation, he focused his attention on the sensations at his nose, observing the inflow and outflow of breath.

bí鼻huán环

A nose ring; a ring-shaped ornament worn on the nose.

她戴了一个小巧的银色鼻环，看起来很别致。

She wore a delicate silver nose ring, which looked quite chic.

bí鼻jiān尖

The tip of the nose; the most prominent part at the end of the nose.

她的鼻尖有点红，可能是感冒了。

Her nose tip is a little red, she might have a cold.

bí鼻jìng镜

A nasoscope or rhinoscope, an instrument used to examine the nasal cavity.

医生用鼻镜仔细检查了病人的鼻腔。

The doctor carefully examined the patient's nasal cavity with a nasal speculum.

bí鼻jū疽

Glanders is a highly contagious and often fatal bacterial disease primarily affecting equids (horses, donkeys, and mules), characterized by nodule formation and purulent discharge in the respiratory tract and skin.