嗅
Stroke order
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Meaning (Japanese)
- 臭いをかぐ。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Origin of the character
形声。「口」+音符「臭」。「齅」の偏を入れ替えた異体字。「かぐ」を意味する漢語｛嗅｝を表す字。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
smell, sniff, scent
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- キュウJHS
- Kun (native)
- か(ぐ)JHS
- Other languages
- 拼音xiu4
- 한글hu
- Hán-ViệtKhứu
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 13 strokes
- Radical
- 口(くち)
- JIS level
- Level 2
- Unicode
U+55C5
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口臭
Words using this kanji
- 嗅ぐかぐ鼻で空気を吸ったり、鼻を対象物に近づけたりして匂いを感じる。嗅覚を使う。to sniff, to smell
- 嗅覚きゅうかくにおいの感覚。においを感ずる能力。臭覚。sense of smell, olfaction
- 嗅脳きゅうのうrhinencephalon
- 嗅球きゅうきゅうolfactory bulb, bulbus olfactorius
- 嗅神経きゅうしんけいolfactory nerve
- 嗅細胞きゅうさいぼうolfactory cell
- 嗅ぎ茶かぎちゃtea tasting, tea-tasting
- 嗅ぎ薬かぎぐすり治療の目的で鼻腔から吸入する薬剤。嗅剤。嗅薬。inhalant, medicine that is inhaled
- 嗅ぎ出すかぎだすto scent out, to detect
- 嗅ぎ回るかぎまわるto sniff around, to snoop around, to nose about
- 嗅ぎ取るかぎとるto smell, to sense
- 嗅覚障害きゅうかくしょうがいdysosmia
- 嗅覚器官きゅうかくきかんolfactory organ
- 嗅覚低下きゅうかくていかhyposmia, microsmia
- 嗅ぎつけるかぎつけるto sniff out, to get wind of
- 嗅ぎ分けるかぎわけるto distinguish by smell, to smell the difference (between), to scent out, to discern (one thing from another)
- 嗅ぎタバコかぎタバコsnuff
- 嗅ぎ当てるかぎあてるto sniff out, to catch the scent of
- 嗅覚受容神経きゅうかくじゅようしんけいolfactory receptor neuron, olfactory sensory neuron
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
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Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-3-10- Four Corner
6603.4- Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d10.3- Heisig
- 129
- Nelson
- 973