臊

Information about character(s)

Radical: 肉
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 17
Variants: 𦞣

Pronunciation

Pinyin: sāo, sào
Cantonese: sou1 sou3
JapaneseKun: ABURA
JapaneseOn: SOU
Korean: CO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: rank; rancid; frowzy, fetid; bashful

CE-Dict: bashfulness

Soothill: Rancid, rank; shame; translit. su (सु), in臊陀 intp. as śuka (शुक), parrot; more correctly 叔迦.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a stench
2.bashful; shy
sao
ㄙㄠ
1.a bad odor or smell, as that of decaying fish, meat, fox, sheep, etc.

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: foul smell; shy; the smell of urine

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: foul smell; shy; the smell of urine

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《肉部》臊豕膏臭也。从肉喿聲。

康熙字典文字版 【未集下】【肉字部】臊
【唐韻】【集韻】蘇遭切【韻會】【正韻】蘇曹切，𠀤音騷。【說文】豕膏臭也。从肉，喿，意兼聲。【廣韻】腥臊。【周禮·天官·庖人】夏行腒鱐膳膏臊。【註】臊，豕膏也。　又【韻會】一曰犬臊也。【正韻】犬膏也。【禮·內則】夏腒鱐膳膏臊。【註】犬膏臊。　又凡肉之腥者皆曰臊。【史記·晉世家】犯肉腥臊，何足食。　又【韻補】叶音摗。【易林】東家殺牛，汗臭腥臊。叶下周。

CF-Dict: odeur forte et désagréable d'animal/odeur d'urine/rance/fétide/honteux/confus/timide

Han-De-Dict: Schüchternheit, Verlegenheit (u.E.) (S)/Verschämtheit (u.E.) (S)