xiù

smell

To taste  an odor  also provides the pronunciation

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

臭 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

chòuxiù

  

smell

Definitions

 

xiù

smell, scent, sniff; olfactive; to smell; to sniff; to nose

Most common words with 嗅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to smell

嗅觉

sense of smell

嗅球

olfactory bulb (anatomy)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qʰu(ʔ)-s

xjuwH

xiù

to smell (tr.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.5880% of movies

2598th most common character in movies

2703rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+55C5


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