臭

• 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.

臭 (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))

• 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

• Unihan data for U+FA5C

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

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)

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: sheep's smell.

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

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

• 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)

臭 (hiragana しゅう, rōmaji -shū)

1. (slang, figuratively) stench of; whiff of; scent of

   昭 (しょう)和 (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 the Shōwa era

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

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臭 (xú, xó, xũ, xấu, khứu)

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