嗅 – smell, sniff, scent

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2480 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 嗅 means smell, sniff, scent. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キュウ (kyuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is か.ぐ (kagu). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キュウ	kyuu
Kun’yomi	か.ぐ	kagu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 口・自・大・目・犬.

Words using 嗅

嗅ぐかぐto sniff

Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営可商味

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