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糗

qiǔ

dry rations; mushy, overcooked; embarrassing

💡 Ideographic: Rice 米 that stinks 臭; 臭 also provides the pronunciation

HSK 16 strokes Uncommon (64%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

to reek, to smell, to stink

⿰米臭 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

mǐ

米

rice, millet, grain

📷 Pictographic: Grains of rice

6 strokes HSK 1

丷

kwukyel

2 strokes

mù

木

tree; wood, lumber; wooden

📷 Pictographic: A tree

4 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

bā

八

eight; all around, all sides

💡 Ideographic: Two bent lines meaning "to divide"

2 strokes HSK 1

chòu

臭

to reek, to smell, to stink

💡 Ideographic: The smell 自 of a dirty dog 犬

10 strokes HSK 5

zì

自

self; private, personal; from

📷 Pictographic: A nose; in China, people refer to themselves by pointing to their noses

6 strokes HSK 3

mù

目

eye; to look, to see; division, topic

📷 Pictographic: An eye drawn on its side

5 strokes HSK 3

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

1 strokes

quǎn

犬

dog

📷 Pictographic: A dog turned to the side

4 strokes HSK 6

dà

大

big, great, vast, high, deep

💡 Ideographic: A man 人 with outstretched arms

3 strokes HSK 1

diǎn

丶

dot

1 strokes

Words Using 糗 (8)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

dry rations (for a journey) / (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking) / (coll.) embarrassing / embarrassment

qiǔ

糗 ↗

dry rations (for a journey) / (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking) / (coll.) embarrassing / embarrassment

nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre

gēnglíhánqiǔ

羹藜含糗 ↗

nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre

羹藜唅糗 ↗

gēnglíhānqiǔ

nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre

gēnglíhānqiǔ

羹藜唅糗 ↗

nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre

饭糗茹草 ↗

fànqiǔrúcǎo

lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty

fànqiǔrúcǎo

饭糗茹草 ↗

lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty

出糗 ↗

chūqiǔ

(coll.) to have sth embarrassing happen

chūqiǔ

出糗 ↗

(coll.) to have sth embarrassing happen