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馨

20 strokes
Radical:
fragrance 香
Parts:
几 又 士 尸 日 殳 禾 香
fragrant, balmy, favourable
Kun:
かお.る、 かおり
On:
ケイ、 キョウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2164 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 馨香 【ケイコウ】 fragrance, perfume, aroma, honor, honour, fame
  • 素馨 【ソケイ】 Spanish jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum)
  • 黄素馨 【キソケイ】 Italian jasmine (Jasminum humile var. revolutum), yellow jasmine

Kun reading compounds

  • 香る 【かおる】 to smell sweet, to be fragrant
  • 香り 【かおり】 aroma, fragrance, scent, smell

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 かおる、 きよ、 よし、 かほる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xin1, xing1
Korean:
hyeong

Spanish

  • perfume
  • fragancia

Portuguese

French

5190 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1930 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2904 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2267 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3575 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1841 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2505 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
44559 Morohashi
2879 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6724 New Nelson (John Haig)
2925 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2933 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4c16.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-9 SKIP code
2-5-15 SKIP code
4760.9 Four corner code
1-19-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
99a8 Unicode hex code

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

Speed

Stroke order

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