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香

9 strokes
Radical:
fragrance 香
Parts:
日 禾 香
incense, smell, perfume
Kun:
か、 かお.り、 かお.る
On:
コウ、 キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
859 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 香 【コウ】 incense
  • 香水 【コウスイ】 perfume, scent
  • 線香 【センコウ】 incense stick
  • 焼香 【ショウコウ】 burning (offer) incense
  • 香 【キョウ】 lance
  • 香車 【キョウシャ】 lance
  • 異香 【イキョウ】 great fragrance
  • 茴香 【ウイキョウ】 fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)

Kun reading compounds

  • 香 【か】 smell (esp. a good smell), fragrance, scent, aroma, perfume
  • 香り 【かおり】 aroma, fragrance, scent, smell
  • 腸香 【わたか】 Ischikauia steenackeri (species of cyprinid fish)
  • 木の香 【きのか】 smell of new wood
  • 香り 【かおり】 aroma, fragrance, scent, smell
  • 香りがする 【かおりがする】 to smell, to smell of, to have a smell
  • 香る 【かおる】 to smell sweet, to be fragrant

Readings

Japanese names:
こ、 こお、 ひゃん、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang1
Korean:
hyang

Spanish

  • incienso
  • perfume
  • fragancia
  • aroma
  • dar olor

Portuguese

  • incenso
  • cheiro
  • perfume

French

  • senteur
  • encens
  • parfum
1255 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
832 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5188 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1059 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1014 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
961 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1682 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1797 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1705 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1911 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3177 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1637 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2225 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
920 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44518 Morohashi
2568 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6722 New Nelson (John Haig)
911 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
977 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1301 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2278 2001 Kanji
5d4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
2-1-8 SKIP code
2060.9 Four corner code
1-25-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9999 Unicode hex code

椿

13 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
一 二 人 大 日 木
camellia
Kun:
つばき
On:
チン、 チュン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1829 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 珍事 【チンジ】 strange incident, unusual occurrence, rare event, grave (and unexpected) incident, serious event, accident
  • 椿寿 【チンジュ】 longevity, long life
  • 香椿 【チャンチン】 Chinese mahogany (Toona sinensis)

Kun reading compounds

  • 椿 【つばき】 common camellia (Camellia japonica), tea produced in the mountains
  • 椿油 【つばきあぶら】 tea seed oil, camellia oil
  • 寒椿 【かんつばき】 camellia-like plant native to China
  • 雪椿 【ゆきつばき】 snow camellia (Camellia japonica subsp. rusticana)

Readings

Japanese names:
つば
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chun1
Korean:
chun

Spanish

  • camelia
  • acontecimiento inesperado
  • imprevisto

Portuguese

French

  • camélia
2319 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1895 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2118 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1278 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
693 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
925 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1583 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15090 Morohashi
2782 New Nelson (John Haig)
1569 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1691 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1878 2001 Kanji
4a9.16 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
4596.3 Four corner code
1-36-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
693f Unicode hex code