臭

See also: 𦤀

Translingual

Japanese	臭
Simplified	臭
Traditional	臭

Alternative forms

• In Japanese shinjitai, the bottom component is simplified to 大, rather than the traditional 犬 (“dog”).
  • This character has technically been encoded in Unicode as 𦤀 (U+26900) but is not used in Japanese computing; instead, the character 臭 (U+81ED) changes appearance depending on the font.
  • A CJK compatibility ideograph exists at U+FA5C for the kyūjitai form used in Japanese which contains 犬 as its bottom component.

Han character

臭 (Kangxi radical 132, 自+4 in Chinese, 自+3 in Japanese, 10 strokes in Chinese, 9 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 竹山戈大 (HUIK), four-corner 2643₀, composition ⿱自犬(GHTKV or U+FA5C) or ⿱自大(J))

References

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

• Unihan data for U+FA5C

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Chinese

trad.		臭
simp. #		臭
alternative forms		𦤀

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhàu / chhiù

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cao³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tsheu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chòu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou⁴
    • Yale: chòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chow
    • Palladius: чоу (čou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cau³
    • Yale: chau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhu
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàu
    • Tâi-lô: tshàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaux
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiù
    • Tâi-lô: tshiù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiux
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Note:

• chhàu - vernacular;
• chhiù - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: cao³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshàu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsheu
    • MiniDict: tsheu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsheu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɤ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhuwH

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
Baxter	tsyhuwH
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau3

• 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

(deprecated template usage) 臭

1. bad smell

   體臭／体臭  ―  tǐchòu  ―  body odour

2. bad name; bad reputation

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

3. smelly; stinky

   臭豆腐  ―  chòudòufu  ―  stinky tofu

   有人覺得榴槤很臭，也有人覺得很香。 [MSC, trad.]
   有人觉得榴梿很臭，也有人觉得很香。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yǒurén juéde liúlián hěn chòu, yě yǒurén juéde hěn xiāng. [Pinyin]

   Some people think durian is stinky, while others think it smells good.

4. ugly; repulsive

   臭架子  ―  chòujiàzi  ―  stinking pretension

5. fiercely

   臭罵／臭骂  ―  chòumà  ―  to scold fiercely

6. bad; poor (luck, skill, etc)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiù (xiu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau³
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵shieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siòu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴
    • Yale: syòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiow
    • Palladius: сю (sju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cau³
    • Yale: chau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵shieu
    • MiniDict: shieu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɤ³⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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 2^nd century CE

     Shān: yáng xiù yě. [Pinyin]

     The character 羴 (shān): sheep's smell.

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

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	臭
Kyūjitai	臭

Kanji

臭

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu); く (ku)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō); きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: くさい (kusai, 臭い, Jōyō); におう (niou, 臭う, Jōyō); におい (nioi, 臭い); かぐ (kagu, 臭ぐ)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
臭
しゅう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
臭 (kyūjitai)

Suffix

臭(しゅう) • (-shū) 

1. smell of
2. (slang, figurative) stench of; whiff of; scent of

   昭和(しょうわ)臭(しゅう)を漂(ただよ)わせてる物(もの)

   Shōwa-shū o tadayowaseteru mono

   something that reeks of the Shōwa era

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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

(deprecated template usage) 臭 (xú, xó, xũ, xấu, khứu)

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