嗅

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See also: 口臭
嗅 U+55C5, 嗅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55C5
← 嗄
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嗆 →

Translingual

Han character

嗅 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口竹山大 (RHUK), four-corner 66034, composition ⿰口臭)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 201, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4048
  • Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 668, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+55C5

Chinese

trad. 嗅
simp. # 嗅
alternative forms 齅
臭
㗜

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

Simplified from 齅 (鼻 → 口); in current form: Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰlus, *qʰluŋs) : semantic 口 + phonetic 臭 (OC *kʰljus).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 嗅
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 許救切
Baxter xjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hiuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/huwH/
Li
Rong 		/xiuH/
Wang
Li 		/xĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xi̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jau3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 嗅
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xiù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xjuwH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰu(ʔ)-s/
English to smell (tr.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 嗅 嗅
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1539 1541
Phonetic
component 		臭 臭
Rime
group 		幽 終
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		齅 𧽒
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰlus/ /*qʰluŋs/
Notes 見莊子

Definitions

嗅

  1. to smell; to scent

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聞 (“to smell”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 聞, 嗅
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 聞, 嗅
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 聞
Taiwan 聞
Harbin 聞
Malaysia 嗅
Singapore 嗅, 聞
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 聞
Jinan 聞
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 聽
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 聞
Wanrong 聞
Xi'an 聞
Xining 聞
Xuzhou 聞
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 聞
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 聞
Wuhan 聞
Guiyang 聞
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 聞
Yangzhou 聞
Hefei 聞
Cantonese Guangzhou 聞, 嗅
Hong Kong 聞
Taishan 聞
Dongguan 聞
Yangjiang 聞
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 聞
Singapore (Guangfu) 聞
Gan Nanchang 嗅
Lichuan 聽
Pingxiang 聽
Hakka Meixian 鼻
Xingning 鼻
Huidong (Daling) 鼻
Dongguan (Qingxi) 鼻, 聞
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 鼻
Wuhua (Huacheng) 鼻
Wuhua (Changbu) 鼻
Wuhua (Mianyang) 鼻
Heyuan (Bendihua) 嗅
Wengyuan 鼻
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 聞
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 鼻
Liannan 聞
Jiexi 鼻
Luhe 鼻
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 鼻
Changting 鼻
Wuping 鼻
Wuping (Yanqian) 鼻
Wuping (Pingyu) 鼻
Liancheng 鼻
Ninghua 鼻
Ningdu 鼻
Ruijin 鼻
Shicheng 嗅
Shangyou (Shexi) 嗅
Tonggu (Sandu) 嗅
Ganzhou (Panlong) 嗅
Dayu 嗅
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 鼻
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 鼻
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 鼻
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 鼻
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 鼻
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 鼻
Hong Kong 鼻
Mengshan (Xihe) 鼻
Luchuan 嗅
Senai (Huiyang) 鼻
Kuching (Hepo) 鼻
Jin Taiyuan 聞
Xinzhou 聞
Northern Min Jian'ou 鼻
Jian'ou (Dikou) 鼻
Songxi 鼻
Zhenghe 鼻
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 鼻
Jianyang 鼻
Wuyishan 鼻
Pucheng (Shibei) 鼻
Eastern Min Fuzhou 鼻
Fuzhou (Changle) 鼻
Fuqing 鼻
Yongtai 鼻
Gutian 嗅
Fu'an 嗅
Ningde 嗅
Shouning 嗅
Zhouning 嗅
Fuding 嗅
Matsu 鼻
Southern Min Xiamen 鼻
Xiamen (Tong'an) 鼻
Quanzhou 鼻
Yongchun 鼻
Zhangzhou 鼻
Zhao'an 鼻
Tainan 鼻
Penang (Hokkien) 味
Singapore (Hokkien) 鼻
Manila (Hokkien) 鼻
Chaozhou 鼻
Shantou 鼻
Shantou (Chenghai) 鼻
Shantou (Chaoyang) 鼻
Jieyang 鼻
Haifeng 鼻
Bangkok (Teochew) 鼻
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 鼻
Singapore (Teochew) 鼻
Leizhou 鼻
Wenchang 鼻
Haikou 鼻
Singapore (Hainanese) 鼻
Puxian Min Putian 鼻
Xianyou 鼻
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 聞
Wu Shanghai 聞, 嗅 dated
Shanghai (Chongming) 聽
Suzhou 聞
Danyang 聞
Hangzhou 聞
Ningbo 嗅
Wenzhou 嗅, 聽
Lishui 聞
Jinhua 聞
Xiang Changsha 聞
Loudi 聞
Shuangfeng 嗅
Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 聞

Compounds

References

References

  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “嗅”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 267.

Japanese

Kanji

嗅

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. smell, sniff

Readings

  • Go-on: く (ku)
  • Kan-on: きゅう (kyū, Jōyō)←きう (kiu, historical)
  • Kun: かぐ (kagu, 嗅ぐ, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

嗅 • (hu) (hangeul 후)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嗅: Hán Nôm readings: khứu

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