嗅

smell

Kanji 1988

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.” 

Revision history:

Aug. 23, 2024: p. 1: Varied some repetitive wording.

Oct. 7, 2022: Originally published.