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臭

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”).

Han character

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

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 臭

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

Pronunciation 1

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
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
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

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)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

臭

  1. †odour
    無色無臭 / 无色无臭  ―  wúsè wúxiù  ―  colourless and odourless
  2. †Original form of 嗅 (xiù, “to smell”).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

臭

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings

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

臭 (xú, xó, xũ, xấu, khứu)

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