嗅

See also: 口臭

Translingual

Han character

嗅 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口竹山大 (RHUK), four-corner 6603₄, composition ⿰口臭)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 201, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4048
• Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 668, character 12
• Unihan data for U+55C5

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Chinese

trad.		嗅
simp. #		嗅

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (臭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
臭	*kʰljus
殠	*kʰljus, *qʰluʔ
糗	*kʰluʔ
嗅	*qʰlus, *qʰluŋs
齅	*qʰlus

Simplified from 齅 (鼻 → 口); in current form: Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰlus, *qʰluŋs) : semantic 口 + phonetic 臭 (OC *kʰljus).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嗅

1. to smell; to scent

References

• “嗅”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

嗅

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. smell, sniff

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū, Jōyō)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}
• Kun: かぐ (kagu, 嗅ぐ, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 嗅(きゅう)覚(かく) (kyūkaku)
• 嗅球(きゅうきゅう) (kyūkyū)
• 嗅(きゅう)剤(ざい) (kyūzai)
• 嗅(きゅう)細胞(さいぼう) (kyūsaibō)
• 嗅上皮(きゅうじょうひ) (kyūjōhi)
• 嗅神経(きゅうしんけい) (kyūshinkei)
• 嗅入(きゅうにゅう)薬(やく) (kyūnyūyaku)
• 嗅脳(きゅうのう) (kyūnō)
• 幻嗅(げんきゅう) (genkyū)
• 焼嗅(やいかがし) (yaikagashi)

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Korean

Hanja

嗅 • (hu) (hangeul 후)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 嗅 (khứu)

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