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匂

Level XI of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 1315 / 2,608

Smell

On’yomi
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Kun’yomi
にお
Radical
勹 Wrap (Kangxi 20)

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 芝 (Lawn), less common than 葬 (Burial).

Inside a prison on the left, a spoon on the right stirs something -- the mysterious something stirred by a spoon inside the prison walls creates an awful smell.

In words

匂い におい odour,scent,smell,stenchN3
匂う におう to be fragrant,to smell,to stinkN2

匂 is rank 1315 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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