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

11 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
pottery, porcelain
Kun:
すえ
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1680 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 陶芸 【トウゲイ】 ceramic art, ceramics
  • 陶器 【トウキ】 pottery, earthenware, ceramics, (soft-paste) porcelain, china
  • 製陶 【セイトウ】 porcelain manufacturing
  • 作陶 【サクトウ】 porcelain making, ceramics making, pottery making

Kun reading compounds

  • 陶 【すえ】 pottery, earthenware, ceramics, porcelain
  • 須恵器 【すえき】 Sue ware (type of unglazed pottery made from the middle of the Kofun era through the Heian era)

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tao2, yao2
Korean:
do, yo

Spanish

  • alfarería
  • porcelana
  • diversión

Portuguese

  • cerâmica
  • porcelana

French

  • poterie
  • porcelaine
1650 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1596 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5003 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1481 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1875 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1565 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1650 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1763 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1526 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
738 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
662 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
402 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
499 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1985 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41705 Morohashi
546 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6459 New Nelson (John Haig)
1966 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2117 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1498 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3652 2001 Kanji
2d8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-38-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9676 Unicode hex code