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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Cantonese

Hanzi

臭 (Yale chau3)

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Japanese

Kanji

臭

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

臭 (Pinyin chòu (chou4), Wade-Giles ch'ou⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

臭 (xú, xó, xũ, xấu)