Chinese symbol for “nostril”
鼻孔
bí kǒng
nostril; 只 (zhī)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nostril is 鼻孔 (bí kǒng), defined as: nostril; 只 (zhī).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鼻孔.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鼻子 | bí zi | nose; 个 (gè),只 (zhī) |
| 鼻涕 | bí tì | nasal mucus; snivel; snot |
| 鼻炎 | bí yán | rhinitis |
| 鼻祖 | bí zǔ | the earliest ancestor; originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc) |
| 鼻腔 | bí qiāng | nasal cavity |
| 面孔 | miàn kǒng | face |
| 脸孔 (臉孔) | liǎn kǒng | face |
| 孔雀 | kǒng què | peafowl; peacock |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nostril”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.