Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
fragrance
Parts:
incense, smell, perfume
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

5 strokes
Radical:
mother, do not 毋 (母, ⺟)
Parts:
mother
Kun:
はは
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
570 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 母国 【ボコク】 one's home country, one's homeland
  • 母校 【ボコウ】 alma mater
  • 養父母 【ヨウフボ】 adoptive parents
  • 空母 【クウボ】 aircraft carrier

Kun reading compounds

  • 母 【はは】 mother
  • 母親 【ははおや】 mother
  • 必要は発明の母 【ひつようははつめいのはは】 necessity is the mother of invention
  • 失敗は成功の母 【しっぱいはせいこうのはは】 failure is the mother of success
  • 母屋 【もや】 purlin (structural beam in a roof), purline, main building (of a manor), central room (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
  • 母屋桁 【もやげた】 purlin (structural beam in a roof), purline
  • 雲母 【うんも】 mica, isinglass
  • 乳母 【うば】 wet nurse, nursing mother

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu3
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • madre
  • base
  • cimientos

Portuguese

  • mãe
  • materno

French

  • maman
  • mère
137 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
222 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
203 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
554 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2466 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
89 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
65 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
326 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
112 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
112 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
74 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1143 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4287 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2165 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2917 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
102 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16723 Morohashi
3475 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3005 New Nelson (John Haig)
101 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
105 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
317 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
114 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3647 2001 Kanji
0a5.36 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-1 SKIP code
7750.0 Four corner code
1-42-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bcd Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol
Parts:
Variants:
vinegar, sour, acid, tart
Kun:
On:
サク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1955 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 酢酸 【サクサン】 acetic acid
  • 酢酸エチル 【サクサンエチル】 ethyl acetate
  • 木酢 【モクサク】 wood vinegar, pyroligneous acid
  • 鉛酢 【エンサク】 Goulard's extract, subacetate of lead, vinegar of lead

Kun reading compounds

  • 酢 【す】 vinegar
  • 酢の物 【すのもの】 vinegared dish, pickled dish
  • お酢 【おす】 vinegar
  • 合成酢 【ごうせいす】 synthetic vinegar

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zuo4
Korean:
cho, jag

Spanish

  • vinagre
  • agrio
  • ácido

Portuguese

  • vinagre
  • azedo
  • ácido
  • picante

French

  • vinaigre
  • aigre
  • acide
  • sur (goût)
1300 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1633 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4783 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1605 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1833 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1654 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1867 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2027 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1592 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1792 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1910 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1016 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1373 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1446 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39824 Morohashi
1516 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6169 New Nelson (John Haig)
1434 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1542 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1596 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3254 2001 Kanji
7e5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
1861.1 Four corner code
1-31-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9162 Unicode hex code