臭 — kanji meaning “stinking”
臭
stinking, ill-smelling, suspicious looking, odor, savor, fragrance, be fragrant, stink, glow, be bright
- Meanings
- stinking, ill-smelling, suspicious looking, odor, savor, fragrance, be fragrant, stink, glow, be bright
- On'yomi
- シュウ (shuu)
- Kun'yomi
- くさ.い、-くさ.い、にお.う、にお.い
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1760 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 132
- Chinese reading
- chòu, xiù — Chinese character page
Words with 臭
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 臭い | くさい kusai | stinking; smelly |
| 悪臭 | あくしゅう akushuu | bad smell; foul smell; offensive odor |
| 古臭い | ふるくさい furukusai | stale; old fashioned; hackneyed |
| 生臭い | なまぐさい namagusai | smelling of fish; fishy; smelling of blood |
| 臭気 | しゅうき shuuki | bad smell; stink |
| 口臭 | こうしゅう koushuu | bad breath; halitosis |
| 体臭 | たいしゅう taishuu | body odor; body odour; personal odor |
| 異臭 | いしゅう ishuu | offensive smell; bad smell; foul smell |
| 無臭 | むしゅう mushuu | odorless; odourless; unscented |
| 臭み | くさみ kusami | bad smell |
| 脱臭 | だっしゅう dasshuu | deodorization; deodorisation |
| 防臭 | ぼうしゅう boushuu | odor-resistant; odour-resistant |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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