臭 — stinking, ill-smelling, suspicious looking

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi

• しゅう shuu

Kun'yomi

• くさ.い kusa.i
• -くさ.い -kusa.i
• にお.う nio.u
• にお.い nio.i

Words that use 臭

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

• 臭い くさい stinking JLPT N3
• 生臭い なまぐさい smelling of fish JLPT N1