臭 – stinking, ill-smelling, suspicious looking

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1760 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 臭 means stinking, ill-smelling, suspicious looking, odor, savor, fragrance, be fragrant, stink. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュウ (shuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くさ.い、-くさ.い、にお.う、にお.い (kusai, kusai, niou, nioi). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 自 (no. 132).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュウ	shuu
Kun’yomi	くさ.い	kusai
Kun’yomi	-くさ.い	kusai
Kun’yomi	にお.う	niou
Kun’yomi	にお.い	nioi

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: 自 (Kangxi radical 132). Components: 自・大・目.

Words using 臭

臭いくさいstinking面倒臭いめんどうくさいbothersome生臭いなまぐさいsmelling of fish

Example sentences

「汗でびしょ濡れだよ」「離れてっ。臭いわっ！」

"I'm soaked with sweat." "Step back. You stink!"

Tatoeba #236370

あいつが臭い。

He looks suspicious.

Tatoeba #234678

Kanji with the same radical

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