鼻血

Chinese

nose blood
simp. and trad.
(鼻血)

Pronunciation


Noun

鼻血

  1. nosebleed
    鼻血   liú bíxuè   to have nosebleed

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

鼻血 (hiragana はなぢ, rōmaji 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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