to smell, to sniff

Animated Stroke Order 嗅

嗅 stroke order svg

Stroke Order Diagrams 嗅

嗅 stroke order diagram

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
xiù
dào
le
huā
xiāng

I smelled the fragrance of flowers.

2
gǒu
de
xiù
jué
fēi
cháng
líng
mǐn

Dogs have a very keen sense of smell.

3
jǐng
quǎn
zhèng
zài
xiù
tàn
pǐn

The police dog is sniffing suspicious items.

4
gǒu
de
xiù
jué
hěn
hǎo

Dogs have a good sense of smell.

5
xiù
jué
líng
mǐn
zǒng
néng
xiàn
xīn
shāng

He has a keen sense of smell and always discovers new business opportunities.

6
zuò
wéi
míng
zhě
píng
jiè
mǐn
ruì
de
xiù
jué
zhuī
zōng
dào
le
zhòng
yào
xiàn线
suǒ

As a journalist, she tracked down important clues with her sharp sense of smell.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes13
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#2101
Zhuyinㄒㄧㄡˋ
Components
UnicodeU+55C5
CangjieRHUK
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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