Chinese Character Wiki

臭

chòu, xiù

smell

The smell 自 of a dirty dog 犬

Components
自 meaning component

自  Meaning component

zì

  

self

犬 meaning component

犬  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

Evolution

臭 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
臭 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
臭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
臭 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
臭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

臭  

chòu

smell, stink, emit foul odor; stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition)

臭  

xiù

sense of smell; smell bad

Most common words with 臭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

臭

stench

臭味

stink

恶臭

stink

臭名昭著

notorious

臭气

stench

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

嗅 溴 糗

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

嗅 溴 糗

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*t-qʰu(ʔ)-s

tsyhuwH

chòu

odor, to stink (intransitive)?

*qʰu(ʔ)-s

xjuwH

chòu

odor, to stink (intransitive)?


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 29.0245% of movies

1181st most common character in movies

2105th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+81ED

Shuowen

“臭，禽走臭而知其迹者，犬也。从犬，从自。”


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