Chinese Character 嗅 Meanings and components.

Form

嗅

Meaning

嗅 meaning[3] in English

To Smell.

To Sniff.

To Nose.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 嗅 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and stench (臭)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RHUK

How to write 嗅

To write嗅xiu4to smell you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 臭chou4stench arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 臭 = 嗅

嗅 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 嗅 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 嗅, looks as follow:

嗅
Pinyin:xiu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Smell . To Sniff . To Nose
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
臭
Pinyin:chou4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Stench . Smelly . To Smell (Bad) . Repulsive . Loathsome . Terrible . Bad . Severely . Ruthlessly . Dud (Ammunition)
自
Pinyin:zi4
Meaning[3]: Self . Oneself . From . Since . Naturally . Surely
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
犬
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Dog . Kangxi Radical 94
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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