Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
Variants:
send forth fragrance, fragrant, be scented, smoke (tobacco)
Kun:
かお.る
On:
クン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1849 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 薫 【クン】 pleasant smell, aroma, fragrance, scent, pleasant-smelling vegetation
  • 燻蒸 【クンジョウ】 fumigation, smoking (out)
  • 余薫 【ヨクン】 lingering odor, lingering odour

Kun reading compounds

  • 香る 【かおる】 to smell sweet, to be fragrant

Readings

Japanese names:
かおり、 かおる、 かほ、 かほる、 くに、 しげ、 にほ、 のぶ、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xun1
Korean:
hun

Spanish

  • fragancia
  • olfatear

Portuguese

  • fragrante
  • perfumado
  • fumaça (cigs)

French

  • parfumer
  • parfumé
  • odorant
  • fumée
1192 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1735 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4073 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1360 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1708 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2567 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1774 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1906 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1710 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
668 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3005 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1535 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2094 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1697 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32173 Morohashi
2371 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5223 New Nelson (John Haig)
1681 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1812 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1847 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1940 2001 Kanji
3k13.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
4433.1 Four corner code
1-23-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85ab Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
西
Variants:
smoke
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1290 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 煙突 【エントツ】 chimney, smokestack, funnel (of a ship), stovepipe, carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
  • 煙草 【タバコ】 tobacco, cigarette, cigar, tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
  • 噴煙 【フンエン】 (eruption of) smoke
  • 黒煙 【コクエン】 black smoke

Kun reading compounds

  • 煙る 【けむる】 to smoke (e.g. fire), to billow smoke, to smoulder, to smolder, to be hazy, to look dim
  • 煙 【けむり】 smoke, fumes
  • 煙感知器 【けむりかんちき】 smoke detector
  • 黒煙 【こくえん】 black smoke
  • 砂煙 【すなけむり】 cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
  • 煙い 【けむい】 smoky

Readings

Japanese names:
たば
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan1
Korean:
yeon, in

Spanish

  • humo
  • humeante
  • fumarolas
  • humear

Portuguese

  • fumaça

French

  • fumée
1027 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1147 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2784 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
914 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
718 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
919 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
941 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1045 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1269 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1294 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
700 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
936 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1626 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19203X Morohashi
1021 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3456 New Nelson (John Haig)
1612 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1739 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1645 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4d9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
1-1-12 SKIP code
9181.4 Four corner code
1-17-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7159 Unicode hex code