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Chinese symbol for “putrid”

腐臭
fǔ chòu
rotten (smell); stinking; putrid

The closest CC-CEDICT match for putrid is 腐臭 (fǔ chòu), defined as: rotten (smell); stinking; putrid.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

腐 fǔ
to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten
radical 130 ⾁ · 14 strokes
臭 chòu
to reek, to smell, to stink
radical 132 ⾃ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “putrid”

WordPinyinMeaning
馊臭 (餿臭)sōu chòureeking; putrid
馁 (餒)něi(bound form) hungry; starving; (bound form) dispirited

Related words

Other words that share a character with 腐臭.

WordPinyinMeaning
腐败 (腐敗)fǔ bàicorruption; to corrupt
豆腐dòu futofu; bean curd
贪腐 (貪腐)tān fǔcorruption
腐蚀 (腐蝕)fǔ shícorrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically)
腐朽fǔ xiǔrotten; decayed
腐烂 (腐爛)fǔ lànto rot; to putrefy
恶臭 (惡臭)è chòustink; stench; stinky; smelly
臭味chòu wèibad smell; foul odor

See also: Japanese symbol for “putrid”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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