Japanese Kanji
臭shuu
stinking · ill-smelling · suspicious looking
Secondary school · JLPT N1 · 9 strokes
Stinking, ill-smelling, suspicious looking, odor, savor, fragrance, be fragrant, stink, glow, be bright.
臭 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 9 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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