• 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.

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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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.