鼻血

Chinese

nose blood
simp. and trad.
(鼻血)
鼻 血

Pronunciation


Noun

鼻血

  1. nosebleed
    流鼻血  ―  liú bíxuè  ―  to have nosebleed

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼻 血
はな
Grade: 3
ち > ぢ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 鼻 (hana, “nose”) and 血 (chi, “blood”). The chi changes to ji as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

    Noun

    鼻(はな)血(ぢ) • (hanaji) 

    1. nosebleed

    References

    1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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