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匂 means 'fragrant'
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Kun におわす to give out an odor におわせる
Name おり こう さぎ
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Find out about a kanji that can represent both a fragrance and a stench. Learn to say, “That flower has a powerful scent,” “The room reeks of lacquer,” “This book has a whiff of anarchism,” “The flowers glow in the morning sun,” “A dog has a sharp sense of smell,” “There's something fishy about how the secretary is acting,” and “In the book she makes no allusion to her profession.”
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 匂 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 匂 is used 15 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
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1. to be enveloped in a smell
2. to be radiant; to be attractive
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におい
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cherry tree with fragrant flowers (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
An additional にお.う less common words include 匂 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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