Moto 嗅: Smell; Sniff; ScentKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キュウ
- Kun'yomi
- か(ぐ)
- Level
- Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 21 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キュウ)
- 嗅球きゅうきゅうolfactory bulb; bulbus olfactorius
- 嗅神経きゅうしんけいolfactory nerve
- 嗅細胞きゅうさいぼうolfactory cell
- 嗅脳きゅうのうrhinencephalon
- 嗅覚きゅうかくsense of smell; olfaction
- 嗅覚受容神経きゅうかくじゅようしんけいolfactory receptor neuron
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 嗅ぐかぐto sniff; to smell
- 嗅ぎつけるかぎつけるto sniff out; to get wind of
- 嗅ぎまわるかぎまわるto sniff around
- 嗅ぎ付けるかぎつけるto sniff out; to get wind of
- 嗅ぎ出すかぎだすto scent out; to detect
- 嗅ぎ分けるかぎわけるto scent out; to discern
- 嗅ぎ取るかぎとるto smell
- 嗅ぎ回るかぎまわるto sniff around
- 嗅ぎ当てるかぎあてるto sniff out; to catch the scent of
- 嗅ぎ茶かぎちゃtea tasting; tea-tasting
- 見る目嗅ぐ鼻みるめかぐはなYama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead)
- 鼻薬を嗅がせるはなぐすりをかがせるto bribe
Other readings
- 嗅ぎタバコかぎたばこsnuff
- 嗅ぎ煙草かぎたばこsnuff
- 嗅煙草かぎたばこsnuff
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