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”).

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 犬 (“dog”) + 自 (“nose”) – like the stink of a smelly dog.

Han character

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

1. smell, stink, emit foul odor

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chòu (chou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): 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/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau³
    • Yale: chau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhu
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàu
    • Tâi-lô: tshàu
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaʊ¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ²¹/

Noun

臭

1. (ancient form of 嗅) (classical) odour
   • Shuo Wen Jie Zi (a dictionary in East Han Dynasty)

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

     Shān: yáng chòu yě. [Pinyin]

     The character 羴: sheep's smell indeed.

Adjective

臭

1. smelly, stinky

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Japanese

Kanji

臭

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• 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) (hangeul 취, revised chwi, McCune-Reischauer ch'wi, Yale chwi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

臭 (xú, xó, xũ, xấu)

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