匂い

におい

smell, odor

Mnemonic

A character Japan made for itself, a wrapper with something shut inside it and getting out anyway. Knee に, oi おい, somebody two doors down is cooking: におい.

Built from

匂

smell

Made in Japan rather than borrowed from Chinese, which is why it has no on reading. A wrapper with something caught inside it.

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