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臭 = 自 + 大

臭 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “stinking”. It is built from 自 (oneself) and 大 (large). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 128. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
stinking
RTK frame
128
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くさ.い, -くさ.い, にお.う, にお.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
вонючий
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
臭 smell

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 自 oneself
  2. 大 large

Characters that contain 臭

How to find 臭 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “oneself” + “large”. 臭 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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