臊
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shame; bashfulness; to shame; to humiliate
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 肉 +13
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 臊
- Common rank
- #3,600
- Unicode
- U+81CA
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Formation & memory
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How 臊 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ meaning “flesh” + 喿 sound ()
Components ⺼ 喿
Words with 臊
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 没羞没臊 | shameless | |
| 臊子 | (dialect) minced or diced meat (as part of a dish) | |
| 臊气 | foul smell; stench; smell of urine | |
| 臊眉耷眼 | (dialect) ashamed | |
| 害臊 | to be bashful; to feel ashamed | |
| 臊腥 | stench; stink |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 喿 — compare how they read.