臭

• 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.

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))

• 搝 嗅

• KangXi: 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

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

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).

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. [Pinyin]

     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. [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)

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. [Pinyin]

     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. [Pinyin]

     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”).

• “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–

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

From Middle Chinese 臭 (MC t͡ɕʰɨuH):

• 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 (niō, 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)

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

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

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

Wikisource 臭 (eumhun 냄새 취 (naemsae chwi))

1. Hanja form^? of 취 (“smell”).

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

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

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