鼻根

Chinese

		nose	radical (chem.); root; basis
simp. and trad. (鼻根)		鼻	根

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bígēn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˊ ㄍㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ gan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bígēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˊ ㄍㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bígen
  - Wade–Giles: pi²-kên¹
  - Yale: bí-gēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byigen
  - Palladius: бигэнь (bigɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵ kən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei⁶ gan¹
  - Yale: beih gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ gan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ gen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² kɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

鼻根

top of the bridge of the nose, where it borders the forehead
(Buddhism) nose, one of the six sensory faculty

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼻	根
び Grade: 3	こん Grade: 3
goon

Etymology

鼻 (“nose”) +‎ 根 (“indriya; root”), from Middle Chinese 鼻根

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びこん [bìkóń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [bʲikõ̞ɴ]

Noun

鼻(び)根(こん) • (bikon)

(Buddhism) the nose and the faculty of smelling, one of the 五根 (gokon, “five indriyia”) or 六根 (rokkon, “six indriya”)
(anatomy) the root of the nose; the nasal root

See also

鼻(び)根(こん)筋(きん) (bikonkin)