JLPT N1 · 9 strokes
Kanji 臭: "stinking, ill-smelling, suspicious looking"
The kanji 臭 means "stinking, ill-smelling, suspicious looking, odor, savor, fragrance". It is written with 9 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read シュウ in on'yomi and くさ.い, -くさ.い, にお.う, にお.い in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くさ.い-くさ.いにお.うにお.い
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | stinking, ill-smelling, suspicious looking, odor, savor, fragrance |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 9 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1760 of 2,501 |
Common words with 臭
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 臭いstinking; smelly · suspicious; fishy
- 臭-smell; stinking of · smacking of; hinting of
- 胡散臭いsuspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious
- 生臭いsmelling of fish; fishy; smelling of blood; bloody · degenerate (of a monk); depraved; corrupt; fallen
- 悪臭bad smell; foul smell; offensive odor; stench
- 臭気bad smell; stink
- 青臭いinexperienced; immature; green; naive · grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
- 異臭offensive smell; bad smell; foul smell; stench
- 体臭body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour
- きな臭いsmelling burnt; smelling scorched; having a burnt smell · smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; strained
- 酒臭いreeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
- 汗臭いsmell(ing) of sweat
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