qiǔ

parched wheat or rice

Rice  that stinks  also provides the pronunciation

Components
米 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

rice

臭 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

chòuxiù

  

smell

Evolution

糗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
糗 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
糗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

qiǔ

parched wheat or rice; broken grain; dry rations (for a journey); (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking); (coll.) embarrassing; embarrassment

 

Qiǔ

surname Qiu