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嗅 = 口 + 臭

嗅 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sniff”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 臭 (stinking). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 129.

Keyword
sniff
RTK frame
129
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
か.ぐ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
smell, нюхать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
嗅 smell

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 臭 stinking

How to find 嗅 without knowing its reading

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

Open 嗅 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.