13 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

smell, sniff, scent

Kun'yomi
  • to sniff
On'yomi
  • キュウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

80.7%
キュウ 19.3%

Character Breakdown

smell, sniff, scent
か.ぐ キュウ (11th)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
stinking, ill-smelling, suspicious looking
くさ.い にお.う シュウ (9th, N1)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)

Common Words

to sniff around ②to snoop around
Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead) ②(being a) fuss-pot
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References

Unicode hex code 55C5
JIS X 0208 1-51-44
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 973
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 871
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 772
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 576
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 129
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 4048
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1311
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d10.3
Four corner code 6603.4