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

9 strokes
Radical:
dish
Parts:
basin, lantern festival, tray
On:
ボン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1654 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 盆 【ボン】 tray, family, household, Obon, Bon Festival, Lantern Festival, Festival of the Dead, gambler's den
  • 盆栽 【ボンサイ】 bonsai, miniature potted plant
  • 旧盆 【キュウボン】 Bon Festival of the lunar calendar
  • 海盆 【カイボン】 ocean basin

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pen2
Korean:
bun

Spanish

  • bandeja
  • fiesta de las linternas

Portuguese

  • bacia
  • bandeja

French

  • bassin
  • fête des lanternes (oBon)
  • plateau
1828 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1873 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
594 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1087 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1552 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1099 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1150 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1314 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1369 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2581 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1317 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1788 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1461 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22959 Morohashi
2079 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3889 New Nelson (John Haig)
1449 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1557 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1285 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2074 2001 Kanji
2o7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2-4-5 SKIP code
8010.7 Four corner code
1-43-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76c6 Unicode hex code