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嗅

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to smell; to sniff; to nose

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
13
Radical
口 +10
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
嗅
Common rank
#3,931
Unicode
U+55C5

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

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How 嗅 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

To taste 口 an odor 臭; 臭 also provides the pronunciation

Components 口 臭

How to remember it

sniff · Heisig RSH #1593

口 mouth + 臭 stinking

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 嗅

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
嗅探犬 xiù tàn quǎn sniffer dog
嗅球 xiù qiú olfactory bulb (anatomy)
嗅盐 xiù yán smelling salts
嗅探 xiù tàn to sniff (in order to find sth)
嗅觉 xiù jué sense of smell