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The kanji 臭: meaning, readings and stroke order
臭
- Meaning
- smelly, odor
- On reading
- シュウ shuu
- Kun reading
- くさ（い） kusai、にお（い） nioi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 自 self
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
- Old form
- 臭
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- hôi, mùi (xú)
- Japanese
- くさい。いやな におい。
- Korean
- 냄새나다, 냄새 (취)
- Chinese
- 臭、臭味
Readings, words and example sentences
シュウ shuu · on reading · less common
悪臭
bad smell, stink
ごみの 悪臭を なくします。
We get rid of the bad smell of the garbage.
くさ（い） kusai · kun reading
臭い
smelly
この へやは 少し 臭いです。
This room smells a little.
にお（い） nioi · kun reading · less common
臭い
(bad) smell
こげた 臭いが します。
Something smells burnt.
Practise writing 臭 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 臭 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 9 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.