臭

Translingual

Shinjitai	臭
Simplified	臭
Traditional	臭

Alternative forms

In Japanese, the bottom character is simplified to 大, rather than the traditional 犬 ‎(“dog”).

Han character

臭 (radical 132 自+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹山戈大 (HUIK), four-corner 2643₀, composition ⿱自犬)

References

• KangXi: page 1000, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30103
• Dae Jaweon: page 1456, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3047, character 4
• Unihan data for U+81ED

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		臭

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 犬 ‎(“dog”) + 自 ‎(“nose”), referring to the dog's strong sense of smell.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chòu (chou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhu
• Min Nan (POJ): chhàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ou⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chow
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau³
    • Yale: chau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhu
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu⁴
    • IPA: /t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàu
    • Tâi-lô: tshàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaux
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaʊ¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕʰɨu^H/▼

Rime
Character	臭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	尺救切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰuwH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chòu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*t-qʰu(ʔ)-s/, /*qʰu(ʔ)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰljus/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	臭	臭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chòu	chòu
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhuwH ›	‹ xjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*t-qʰu(ʔ)-s/	/*qʰu(ʔ)-s/
English	odor, to stink (intransitive)?	odor, to stink (intransitive)?
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	臭
Reading #	1/1
No.	1535
Phonetic component	臭
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	臭
Old Chinese	/*kʰljus/

Definitions

臭

1. bad smell

   體臭 / 体臭  ―  tǐchòu  ―  body odour

2. bad name; bad reputation

   遺臭萬年 / 遗臭万年  ―  yíchòu wànnián  ―  to go down in history as a byword of infamy

3. smelly; stinky

   臭豆腐  ―  chòudòufu  ―  stinky tofu

4. ugly; repulsive

   臭架子  ―  chòujiàzi  ―  stinking pretension

5. fiercely

   臭罵 / 臭骂  ―  chòumà  ―  to scold fiercely

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiù (xiu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hsiu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiow
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau³
    • Yale: chau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³³/

Definitions

臭

1. ^† odour

   無色無臭 / 无色无臭  ―  wúsè wúxiù  ―  colourless and odourless

   • 羴：羊臭也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2nd century CE

     Shān: yáng xiù yě. [Pinyin]

     The character 羴: sheep's smell.

2. ^† Original form of 嗅 (xiù, “to smell”).

Compounds

Derived terms from 臭

• 不知香臭
• 乳臭 (rǔxiù)
• 乳臭小子
• 乳臭未乾／乳臭未干 (rǔxiùwèigān)
• 口尚乳臭
• 口臭 (kǒuchòu)
• 如蠅逐臭／如蝇逐臭
• 容臭
• 崔烈銅臭／崔烈铜臭
• 惡臭／恶臭
• 捧臭腳／捧臭脚
• 播惡遺臭／播恶遗臭
• 淫汙穢臭／淫污秽臭
• 渾身銅臭／浑身铜臭
• 無聲無臭／无声无臭
• 狐臭 (húchòu)
• 狐騷臭／狐骚臭
• 發臭／发臭 (fāchòu)
• 胡臭 (húchòu)
• 脫臭／脱臭
• 腋臭 (yèchòu)
• 腐臭
• 腥臭
• 臭不可當／臭不可当
• 臭不可聞／臭不可闻
• 臭么

• 臭乎乎
• 臭侷
• 臭名
• 臭名昭彰
• 臭名昭著 (chòumíngzhāozhù)
• 臭名遠揚／臭名远扬
• 臭味 (chòuwèi)
• 臭味相投
• 臭嚼
• 臭恭維／臭恭维
• 臭打
• 臭排場／臭排场
• 臭架子 (chòujiàzi)
• 臭椿
• 臭死
• 臭氣／臭气
• 臭氣沖天／臭气冲天
• 臭氧 (chòuyǎng)
• 臭氧層／臭氧层 (chòuyǎngcéng)
• 臭泥
• 臭烘烘
• 臭皮匠 (chòupíjiàng)
• 臭皮囊
• 臭短臊長／臭短臊长
• 臭罵／臭骂 (chòumà)
• 臭美 (chòuměi)

• 臭肉來蠅／臭肉来蝇
• 臭腳丫子／臭脚丫子
• 臭腺
• 臭蓋／臭盖
• 臭蟲／臭虫 (chòuchóng)
• 臭街爛巷／臭街烂巷
• 臭覺／臭觉
• 臭豆腐 (chòudòufu)
• 臭錢／臭钱
• 臭頭／臭头 (chòutóu)
• 臭鼬 (chòuyòu)
• 蘭臭／兰臭
• 逐臭
• 逐臭之夫
• 遺臭／遗臭
• 遺臭千年／遗臭千年
• 遺臭萬代／遗臭万代
• 遺臭萬年／遗臭万年 (yíchòuwànnián)
• 遺臭萬載／遗臭万载
• 銅臭／铜臭
• 銅臭味／铜臭味
• 防臭劑／防臭剂 (fángchòujì)
• 附膻逐臭
• 餿臭／馊臭
• 體臭／体臭 (tǐchòu)

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Japanese

Kanji

臭

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. stinking, ill-smelling, stink
2. odor, savor, fragrance, be fragrant
3. suspicious looking
4. glow, be bright

Readings

• Goon: しゅ (shu), く (ku)
• Kan’on: しゅう (shū), きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: くさい (kusai), におい (nioi), かぐ (kagu)

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Korean

Hanja

臭 • ‎(chwi, hu) (hangeul 취, 후, revised chwi, hu, McCune-Reischauer ch'wi, hu, Yale chwi, hwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

臭 (xú, xó, xũ, xấu, khứu)

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