Bloomko
JLPT N3 · Tastes & textures

匂い

におい

smell

Stroke order of 匂い

2 characters, 6 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

匂 · 4 strokesい · 2 strokes

Memory trick

匂 wraps rice 勹 around a smell mark: a scent wrapped up, plus い kana.

Parts: 匂 smell + い kana

The characters in 匂い

  • い い — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

いい匂いがします。

いいにおいがします。

It smells good.

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