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臭 · stinking, ill-smelling

臭 is a kanji meaning stinking, ill-smelling, suspicious looking, odor. It has 9 strokes and is on the JLPT N1 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • シュウshū

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • くさいkusai
  • -くさい-kusai
  • におうniou
  • においnioi

Practise the N1 kanji

In 第14巻 JLPT N1, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 臭 · 3 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 臭
WordReadingMeaningLevel
臭いくさいstinky, smelly, bad-smellingN3
面倒臭いめんどうくさいbother to do, tiresomeN2
生臭いなまぐさいsmelling of fish or blood, fish or meatN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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