Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
perfume, balmy, favorable, fragrant
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1302 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 芳香 【ホウコウ】 perfume, fragrance, aroma, balm, sweet scent
  • 芳韻 【ホウイン】 Chinese poem, poem, rhyme
  • 遺芳 【イホウ】 memory or autograph of deceased
  • 余芳 【ヨホウ】 lingering fragrance, continuing fame (after death)

Kun reading compounds

  • 芳しい 【かんばしい】 sweet-smelling, fragrant, aromatic, good (reputation, condition, results, etc.), favorable

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 かおる、 は、 ほ、 みち、 やす、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fang1
Korean:
bang

Spanish

  • perfume
  • bálsamo
  • aroma
  • prefijo de respeto
  • frangante
  • aromático
  • perfumado

Portuguese

  • perfume
  • calmante
  • cheiroso
  • fragrante

French

  • parfum
  • embaumé
  • parfumé
1791 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1339 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3907 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1316 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1696 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
480 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1775 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1907 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1665 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
643 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2739 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1404 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1893 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
504 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30736P Morohashi
2210 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4979 New Nelson (John Haig)
493 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
532 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1143 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1945 2001 Kanji
3k4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4422.7 Four corner code
1-43-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82b3 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
Variants:
black ink, India ink, ink stick, Mexico
Kun:
すみ
On:
ボク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1616 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 墨 【ボク】 Mexico, Mohism, ink, tattooing (as a form of punishment in ancient China)
  • 墨書 【ボクショ】 writing in India ink
  • 遺墨 【イボク】 autographs (brushwork) of departed person
  • 水墨 【スイボク】 water and ink, ink painting

Kun reading compounds

  • 墨 【すみ】 sumi, India ink, Chinese ink, ink stick, ink-cake, squid ink, octopus ink, carpenter's inking string
  • 墨付き 【すみつき】 certificate, certified document, authorization, authorisation, (the) thumbs up, seal of approval, paper with signature of the shogun or lord
  • 烏賊墨 【いかすみ】 squid ink
  • 雪と墨 【ゆきとすみ】 diametric opposites, night and day, black and white, snow and ink

Readings

Japanese names:
すの
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mo4
Korean:
mug

Spanish

  • tinta
  • negro
  • Méjico

Portuguese

  • tinta preta
  • tinta da Índia
  • pau de tinta
  • nanquin
  • México

French

  • encre noire
  • encre de Chine
  • bâtonnet d'encre
  • Mexique
1821 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1431 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5404 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1494 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1167 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2230 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1705 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1821 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1695 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
363 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3423 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1763 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2400 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
177 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5469X Morohashi
2753 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1086 New Nelson (John Haig)
175 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
187 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1696 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3672 2001 Kanji
3b11.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-7-7 SKIP code
6010.4 Four corner code
1-43-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
58a8 Unicode hex code