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臭

JLPT N1 9 strokes Frequency: #1760

Meanings

Stinking, Ill-smelling, Suspicious Looking, Odor, Savor, Fragrance, Be Fragrant, Stink, Glow, Be Bright

Radicals

自

Decomposition

⿱自犬

Etymology

Ideographic: The smell 自 of a dirty dog 犬

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

9 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シュウ shuu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

にお nio

くさ kusa

Words Using This Kanji

123 words total

Other (20 words)

smelling of mold

stand-offish

smell(ing) of sweat

bad smell

smelling of incense

amateurish

absurd

lust for money

smelling of earth

depressing

laziness

smelling of mud

smelling burnt

the sense of smell

putrid smell of a corpse

ridiculous

deodorant

deodorization

overly concerned with domestic affairs

激臭げきしゅう

pungent smell

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