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嗅 means 'sniff'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 2000   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-38    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 16 words   Used in 18 words   Used in 1 name   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   キュウ
Kun
   to sniff, to smell
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See how 嗅 is closely related to dogs and why a literal term for “police dog” often represents a human! Learn to discuss the sense of smell, as in “Hounds use their keen sense of smell to hunt.” Discover a reason to include onomatopoeia in translating “The dog sniffed the ground.” And learn to talk about sniffing things out figuratively, as in “She caught wind of his true intentions.”
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Scents and Sensibility
香 臭 嗅 匂
These four kanji are practically symbiotic. The verb 嗅ぐ takes 香り, 臭い, and 匂い as direct objects. Although people usually reserve 臭い for stenches and 匂い for fragrances, these words (both におい) can be interchangeable. Each could convey that something "smacks of" a quality. Whereas 臭い can mean that a man looks suspicious, as if he "smells of" a crime, 嗅 enables people to sniff out crimes! Three of the kanji have ties to religion, and with 香 as "incense," that connection is strong.
⿰   mouth   foul-smelling  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 嗅 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 嗅 is used 17 times, read 2 ways.
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sense of smell; olfaction
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expression
1. Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead)  (see also: 閻魔)
2. (being a) fuss-pot; complaining about things in the public eye
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Henshall: Joy o' Kanji : 1988  Key to Kanji:

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キュウ   か to sniff, to smell   
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シュウ   くさ foul-smelling   にお to smell (bad)   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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