• 2101st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 44 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chòu (chou4)stench • stink • smelly • to smell (bad)
2. xiù (xiu4)sense of smell • smell bad

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

臭美 

Uncommon

口臭 
恶臭 (惡臭)
臭味 
臭味相投 
臭屁 
臭气 (臭氣)
臭氧 
臭骂 (臭罵)
臭豆腐 

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  • 1447th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 33 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ma4)to scold • to abuse • CL:通[tong4],頓|顿[dun4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ma4)The component is pronounced as '' (ma3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

挨骂 (挨罵)
骂人 (罵人)

Uncommon

咒骂 (咒罵)
大骂 (大罵)
嬉笑怒骂 (嬉笑怒罵)
怒骂 (怒罵)
打情骂俏 (打情罵俏)
打骂 (打罵)
指桑骂槐 (指桑罵槐)
漫骂 (漫罵)
痛骂 (痛罵)
破口大骂 (破口大罵)
骂名 (罵名)
骂骂咧咧 (罵罵咧咧)
骂街 (罵街)
臭骂 (臭罵)
谩骂 (謾罵)
责骂 (責罵)
辱骂 (辱罵)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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