臭

臭 U+FA5C, 臭 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA5C ← 者 CJK Compatibility Ideographs 艹 →

Translingual

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

Stroke order

Stroke order (Japan)

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))

Derived characters

• 嗅, 𡏣, 搝, 溴, 𨻬, 𣗬, 㱗, 殠, 𭵩, 𤚯, 𮀹, 糗, 䍹, 螑, 𦤟, 䠗, 𦤣, 𩈸, 𩝠(𬳌), 𩡗, 𦤪, 𦤮, 𦒥, 𨞑, 𥽙, 齅
• 𧽒, 鄓, 𦤕, 𦤚, 𭸫, 𦤠, 𦤡, 𫇌, 𬛯, 𦤦, 𰯷, 𦤨, 𦤧, 𦤬, 𦤭, 𦤯, 𦤰, 𦤱, 𫇍, 𬔏, 𨶑(𰿸)

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology

Schuessler (2007) considers it to be cognate with 犨 (OC *kʰju, “sound of an ox breathing”) and connects it to Burmese ဟိုက် (huik, “to pant”).

Also compare 朽 (OC *qʰluʔ, “to rot; to decay”) (Baxter and Sagart, 2014).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

臭

1. bad smell

   體臭／体臭  ―  tǐchòu  ―  body odour

   • 一薰一蕕，十年尚猶有臭。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     一薰一莸，十年尚犹有臭。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Yī xūn yī yóu, shínián shàng yóu yǒu chòu.

     There is a fragrant herb, and a noisome one; And ten years hence the noisomeness will continue.

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.

   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

   • 羴：羊臭也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2^nd century CE

     Shān: yáng xiù yě.

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

2. ^† fragrance

   • 二人同心，其利斷金。同心之言，其臭如蘭。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     二人同心，其利断金。同心之言，其臭如兰。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Èrrén tóngxīn, qí lì duàn jīn. Tóngxīn zhī yán, qí chòu rú lán.

     But when two men are one in heart, not iron bolts keep them apart. The words they in their union use, fragrance like orchid plants diffuse.

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

Compounds

References

• “臭”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	臭
Kyūjitai	臭 臭 or 臭+︀?
	臭󠄁 臭+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	臭󠄃 臭+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings

From Middle Chinese 臭 (MC tsyhuwH):

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō)^{←しう (siu, historical)}

From Middle Chinese; compare Mandarin 臭 (xiù):

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: くさい (kusai, 臭い, Jōyō)^{←くさし (kusasi, 臭し, historical)}; におう (niou, 臭う, Jōyō)^{←にほふ (nifofu, 臭ふ, historical)}; かぐ (kagu, 臭ぐ); におい (nioi, 臭い)^{←にほひ (nifofi, 臭ひ, historical)}
• Nanori: か (ka)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 臭 (MC tsyhuwH).

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

References

Korean

Etymology

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading. The original reading is 추 (chu) based on Middle Chinese 臭 (MC tsyhuwH).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): ~
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

臭

Wikisource

臭 (eumhun 냄새 취 (naemsae chwi))

1. Hanja form^? of 취 (“smell”).

Compounds

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

臭: Hán Nôm readings: xú, xó, xũ, xấu, khứu

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