臭

See also: 𦤀 and 狊

臭	U+81ED, 臭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81ED

← 臬
[U+81EC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

臮 →
[U+81EE]

臭	U+FA5C, 臭 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA5C

← 者
[U+FA5B]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

艹 →
[U+FA5D]

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Japanese	臭
Simplified	臭
Traditional	臭

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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.

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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))

Derived characters

嗅, 𡏣, 搝, 溴, 𨻬, 𣗬, 㱗, 殠, 𭵩, 𤚯, 𮀹, 糗, 䍹, 螑, 𦤟, 䠗, 𦤣, 𩈸, 𩝠(𬳌), 𩡗, 𦤪, 𦤮, 𦒥, 𨞑, 𥽙, 齅
𧽒, 鄓, 𦤕, 𦤚, 𭸫, 𦤠, 𦤡, 𫇌, 𬛯, 𦤦, 𰯷, 𦤨, 𦤧, 𦤬, 𦤭, 𦤯, 𦤰, 𦤱, 𫇍, 𬔏, 𨶑(𰿸)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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trad.		臭
simp. ^#		臭
alternative forms		𦤀

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Historical forms of the character 臭
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

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	Old Chinese
臭	*kʰljus
殠	kʰljus, qʰluʔ
糗	*kʰluʔ
嗅	qʰlus, qʰluŋs
齅	*qʰlus

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Characters in the same phonetic series (臭) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

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

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character	臭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	尺救切
Baxter	tsyhuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰuw^H/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiu^H/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau³

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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	臭
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chòu
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhuw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*t-qʰu(ʔ)-s/
English	odor, to stink (intransitive)?
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

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Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	臭
Reading #	1/1
No.	1535
Phonetic component	臭
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	臭
Old Chinese	/*kʰljus/

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Mandarin
(Pinyin): chòu (chou⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cau³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhu

(Meixian, Guangdong): cu⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhàu / chhiù

(Teochew, Peng'im): cao³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsheu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): chou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chòu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻou⁴
  - Yale: chòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chow
  - Palladius: чоу (čou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cau³
  - Yale: chau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ceo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhu
  - Hakka Romanization System: cu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàu
  - Tâi-lô: tshàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaux
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiù
  - Tâi-lô: tshiù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiux
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹/

Note:

chhàu - vernacular;
chhiù - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cao³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshàu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsheu
  - MiniDict: tsheu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsheu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɤ³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: chou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sʰəu̯⁴⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsyhuwH

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*t-qʰu(ʔ)-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰljus/

Definitions

臭

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.
bad name; bad reputation
遺臭萬年／遗臭万年 ― yíchòuwànnián ― to go down in history as a byword of infamy
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.
ugly; repulsive
臭架子 ― chòujiàzi ― stinking pretension
fiercely
臭罵／臭骂 ― chòumà ― to scold fiercely
bad; poor (luck, skill, etc)

Compounds

不知香臭
口臭 (kǒuchòu)
惡臭 / 恶臭 (èchòu)
捧臭腳 / 捧臭脚 (pěng chòujiǎo)
播惡遺臭 / 播恶遗臭
淫汙穢臭 / 淫污秽臭
渾身銅臭 / 浑身铜臭
狐臭 (húchòu)
狐騷臭 / 狐骚臭
發臭 / 发臭 (fāchòu)
胡臭 (húchòu)
脫臭 / 脱臭
腋臭 (yèchòu)
腐臭 (fǔchòu)
腥臭 (xīngchòu)
臭不可當 / 臭不可当
臭不可聞 / 臭不可闻
臭么
臭乎乎
臭侷
臭名 (chòumíng)
臭名昭彰
臭名昭著 (chòumíngzhāozhù)
臭名遠揚 / 臭名远扬
臭嚼
臭屁 (chòupì)
臭彈 / 臭弹 (chhàu-tōaⁿ) (Hokkien)
臭恭維 / 臭恭维
臭打
臭排場 / 臭排场
臭架子 (chòujiàzi)
臭椿 (chòuchūn)
臭死
臭氧 (chòuyǎng)
臭氣 / 臭气 (chòuqì)
臭氧層 / 臭氧层 (chòuyǎngcéng)
臭氣沖天 / 臭气冲天
臭泥
臭烘烘 (chòuhōnghōng)
臭獾 (chòuhuān)
臭皮匠 (chòupíjiàng)
臭皮囊
臭短臊長 / 臭短臊长
臭罵 / 臭骂 (chòumà)
臭美 (chòuměi)
臭耳聾 / 臭耳聋 (chhàu-hīⁿ-lâng) (Hokkien)
臭肉來蠅 / 臭肉来蝇
臭腺
臭腳丫子 / 臭脚丫子
臭蓋 / 臭盖
臭蟲 / 臭虫 (chòuchóng)
臭街爛巷 / 臭街烂巷
臭豆
臭豆腐 (chòudòufu)
臭錢 / 臭钱 (chòuqián)
臭頭 / 臭头 (chòutóu)
臭鼬 (chòuyòu)
逐臭
逐臭之夫
遺臭 / 遗臭
遺臭千年 / 遗臭千年
遺臭萬代 / 遗臭万代
遺臭萬年 / 遗臭万年 (yíchòuwànnián)
遺臭萬載 / 遗臭万载
防臭劑 / 防臭剂 (fángchòujì)
附膻逐臭
餿臭 / 馊臭 (sōuchòu)
體臭 / 体臭
齆臭 (wèngchòu)

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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	臭
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chòu
Middle Chinese	‹ xjuw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰu(ʔ)-s/
English	odor, to stink (intransitive)?
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

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Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiù (xiu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cau³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shieu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siòu
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴
  - Yale: syòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiow
  - Palladius: сю (sju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cau³
  - Yale: chau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ceo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵shieu
  - MiniDict: shieu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɤ³⁴/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰu(ʔ)-s/

Definitions

臭

^† 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.
^† 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.
^† Original form of 嗅 (xiù, “to smell”).

Compounds

口尚乳臭
崔烈銅臭 / 崔烈铜臭
無聲無臭 / 无声无臭
無臭 / 无臭
臭味
臭味相投
臭覺 / 臭觉 (xiùjué)
蘭臭 / 兰臭
銅臭 / 铜臭 (tóngxiù)
銅臭味 / 铜臭味 (tóngxiùwèi)

References

“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–

Shinjitai	臭
Kyūjitai ^[1]^[2]	臭 `臭` or 臭+`︀`^?
	臭󠄁 臭+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	臭󠄃 臭+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

臭

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Readings

From Middle Chinese 臭 (MC tsyhuwH):

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 (niou, 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)

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臭
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臭 (kyūjitai)

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From Middle Chinese 臭 (MC tsyhuwH).

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臭(しゅう) • (-shū)

smell of
(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

References

[1]
“臭”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
[2]
Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1776 (paper), page 940 (digital)

Etymology

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

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Historical Readings
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
Text	*Gloss (hun)*	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527	내〮 (Yale: náy)	ᄎᆔ〯 (Yale: chywǔy)

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Pronunciation

(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.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

臭

Wikisource 臭 (eumhun 냄새 취 (naemsae chwi))

hanja form^? of 취 (“smell”)

Compounds

구취 (口臭, guchwi)
무취 (無臭, muchwi)
방취 (防臭, bangchwi)
악취 (惡臭, akchwi)
유취 (乳臭, yuchwi)
체취 (體臭, chechwi)
취풍 (臭風, chwipung)
탈취 (脫臭, talchwi)
향취 (香臭, hyangchwi)

References

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

Han character

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

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[1] [1]
“臭”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

[2] [2]
Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1776 (paper), page 940 (digital)

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