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羶

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

rank odor

HSK 10

Nature →Animals →Mammals

shān

セン

なまぐさ.い

전

Components

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

羶

Regular

Modern

Chinese

羶 [shān]

rank odor (of sheep or goats)

Example Sentences

JAPANESE WORDS (3)

羶肉 [せんにく]

meat that smells of blood (esp. mutton)

羶血 [せんけつ]

stink of blood or meat

葷羶 [くんせん]

pungent vegetables and raw-smelling meat