嗅 (cau3 hung3 | xiu4) : smell; scent; sniff

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嗅

cau3 hung3

xiu4

smell; scent; sniff

Jyutping cau3 is literary reading; hung3 is colloquial.

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

嗅

This word has been viewed 3778 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on and last edited on 3rd Feb 2011 09:28

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嗅覺 cau3 gok3 xiu4 jue2 = sense of smell

嗅到 cau3/hung3 dou3/3*2 xiu4 dao4 = to smell; syn. 聞到

嗅覺器官 cau3/hung3 gok3 hei3 gun1 xiu4 jue2 qi4 guan1 = olfactory organs

嗅球 cau3/hung3 kau4 xiu4 qiu2 = olfactory bulb

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隻狗好似嗅到乜味道噉，開始大聲吠粵
The dog seems to have sniffed and picked up some scent and started to bark.

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Decimal representation of this word: 嗅
Unicode code for this character: U+55c5 (off-site link)

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