Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

匂: fragrant, stink

Also: glow, insinuate

N1 (our estimate)4 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

勹 carries the meaning · 匕 is drawn in

4 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

におうniou · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 匂うにおうto be fragrant; to smell (good)
  • 匂玉においだまtonsil stone; tonsillolith

においnioi · kun'yomi

  • 匂いにおいsmell; scent; odour

Also read におわせる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Keep it safe! Imagine reaching out to wrap a warm blanket around a friend or carefully "enclosing" a gift in paper.”
More in the 勹 to wrap story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
勹

Also built on to wrap (勹)

All 8
匕

Also built on spoon (匕)

All 9
In ChineseMade in Japan, no Chinese counterpart

匂 is a kokuji, a kanji created in Japan. Chinese has no standard counterpart.

Unihan lists the reading xiōng for it.

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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