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臊

sāo

shy, bashful; rank, fetid; the smell of urine

🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺼ (flesh) provides meaning, 喿 provides pronunciation

HSK 17 strokes Uncommon (44%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

⺼

meat, flesh; organic compound

喿

zào

the sound of birds chirping

⿰⺼喿 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

⺼

meat, flesh; organic compound

📷 Pictographic: Meat on the ribs of an animal; compare 肉

4 strokes

zào

喿

the sound of birds chirping

💡 Ideographic: Several birds 品 chirping in a tree 木

13 strokes

pǐn

品

article, good, product; commodity; quality, character

💡 Ideographic: Something that everyone is talking 口 about

9 strokes HSK 5

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

⿰口口

Radical component

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

Words Using 臊 (7)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

shame / bashfulness / to shame / to humiliate

sào

臊 ↗

shame / bashfulness / to shame / to humiliate

害臊 ↗

hàisào

to be bashful / to feel ashamed

hàisào

害臊 ↗

to be bashful / to feel ashamed

(dialect) minced or diced meat (as part of a dish)

sàozi

臊子 ↗

(dialect) minced or diced meat (as part of a dish)

臊气 ↗

sāoqì

foul smell / stench / smell of urine

sāoqì

臊气 ↗

foul smell / stench / smell of urine