U+81ED "臭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

臭

U+81ED "臭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "smell" or "odor," often specifically referring to a foul or stinky scent, and it is composed of the radical for "self" or "nose" above the radical for "dog" or "big," suggesting a dog's acute sense of smell. In modern usage, this character appears in words like "臭味" for stench and extends metaphorically to describe something disagreeable or shameful, as seen in the term "臭名昭著" meaning infamous. Its pronunciation varies across Chinese dialects and Japanese, where it can be read as "shū" in Mandarin and "kusai" in Japanese, reflecting its role in describing unpleasant sensory experiences. Additionally, as a component in compounds like "臭虫" for bedbug or "臭氧" for ozone, it demonstrates versatility in scientific and everyday contexts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+81ED
Version Added	1.1
Name	CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block	CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	臭
HTML Hex Encoding	臭
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x87 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0x81ED
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000081ED
C/C++/Java Escape	\u81ed

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive	AFE4
kCCCII	215428
kCNS1986	1-5768
kCNS1992	1-5768
kCangjie	HUIK
kCantonese	cau3
kCihaiT	1111.201
kCowles	474
kDaeJaweon	1456.070
kDefinition	smell, stink, emit foul odor
kEACC	4B5428
kFanqie	尺救許救
kFenn	852E
kFennIndex	93.01 188.06
kFourCornerCode	2643.0
kGB0	1984
kGB1	1984
kGradeLevel	3
kGSR	1088a
kHangul	취:0E
kHanYu	53047.040
kHanyuPinlu	chòu(72)
kHanyuPinyin	53047.040:xiù,chòu
kHKGlyph	3363
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	1456.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53047.040
kIRGKangXi	1000.200
kIRG_GSource	G0-3374
kIRG_HSource	HB1-AFE4
kIRG_JSource	J0-3D2D
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-EFDC
kIRG_KSource	K0-762B
kIRG_TSource	T1-5768
kIRG_VSource	V1-643A
kJapanese	シュウキュウくさいにおい
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kTGH	2013:1970
kJapaneseKun	KUSAI NIOI KAGU
kJapaneseOn	SHUU KYUU
kJis0	2913
kKangXi	1000.200
kKarlgren	160
kKorean	CHWI
kLau	230
kMainlandTelegraph	5263
kMandarin	chòu
kMatthews	1331
kMeyerWempe	180
kMojiJoho	MJ021299 MJ030291:FE00 MJ021299:E0102 MJ030291:E0103
kMorohashi	30103' 30108:FE00 30103':E0102 30108:E0103
kNelson	3842 3843
kPhonetic	91
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+2359+37.3.6 C+2359+132.6.3
kRSUnicode	132.4
kSBGY	435.21
kSMSZD2003Index	564.06 417.01
kSMSZD2003Readings	chòu粵cau3 xiù粵cau3
kSpoofingVariant	U+26900
kTaiwanTelegraph	5263
kTang	chiòu
kTGHZ2013	049.060:chòu 411.150:xiù
kTotalStrokes	10
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	xú
kXerox	253:131
kXHC1983	0153.120:chòu 1299.010:xiù