香 – incense, smell, perfume

9 strokesTaught in grade 4#859 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 香 means incense, smell, perfume. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ、キョウ (kou, kyou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is か、かお.り、かお.る (ka, kaori, kaoru). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 香 (no. 186).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
On’yomi	キョウ	kyou
Kun’yomi	か	ka
Kun’yomi	かお.り	kaori
Kun’yomi	かお.る	kaoru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 香 (Kangxi radical 186). Components: 禾・日.

Words using 香

香りかおりaroma香水こうすいperfume香辛料こうしんりょうspice

Example sentences

そのバラはよい香りを発散した。

The roses gave off a nice smell.

Tatoeba #212720

彼女はいつも香水のにおいがきつすぎる。

She always wears too much scent.

Tatoeba #93286

韓国料理は、香辛料のきいた味でよく知られている。

Korean food is noted for its spicy flavor.

Tatoeba #183690

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.