chòuxiù HSK5

smell

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approved by inralback19 · Jan 21, 2026, 12:43 AM · Reviewed by inralback19 on Feb 6, 2026, 11:25 PM

smells

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Components

Meaning component
(nose), self
Meaning component
quǎn dog

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyhuwHt-qʰu(ʔ)-s odor, to stink (intransitive)?
xjuwHqʰu(ʔ)-s odor, to stink (intransitive)?

說文解字

《說文》:“臭,禽走臭而知其迹者,犬也。从犬,从自。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica