Memory phrase for the Kanji: 匂


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Meaning smell, odor, scent

Pronunciation


nioi

Explanation

Top: wrap (here: seen as a jacket or coat, i.e. something that is “wrapping” you), below: sitting person

Mnemonic


 
Inside the jacket of a sitting person it may develop a certain smell.

Radicals

wrap
sitting personThe Radical sajinohi means "spoon". But due to its appearance is typically used as a "sitting person". In few cases however, it is understood as claws (i.e. of a bear).
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 Vocabulary

匂い におい  odour, scent, smell, stench, fragrance, aroma, perfume
匂う におう  to be fragrant, to smell, to stink, to glow, to be bright


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