臊 Strokes Write it Listen 臊 sāo shy, bashful; rank, fetid; the smell of urine HSK 7–9 17 strokes Radical ⺼ Sound + meaning 1 word Built from⺼meaning meat, flesh; organic compound喿soundzàothe sound of birds chirping How it works⺼ hints at the meaning (flesh), and 喿 zào hints at the sound.