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薫 means 'fragrant'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 2139   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-41    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 17 words   Used in 22 words   Used in 329 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   クン
Kun
   かおる to be fragrant
Additional readings
Kun    たく to burn (incense)
Name    かおり   かおる   かほ   かほる   くに   しげ   にほ   のぶ   よし
Variants
薰  
Components
⿳  艹 (艸) grass  重 heavy  灬 (火) fire  
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See also
匂 fragrant  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 薫 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 薫 is used 21 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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クン : 15 words FIND ALL
く ん ぷ う 0
noun
balmy breeze; summer breeze
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かおる : 2 words FIND ALL
noun or verb acting prenominally, 'ru' godan verb
(subject to the) cool light breeze in early summer  (see also: 薫風)
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たく : 2 words FIND ALL
た き も の 0
noun
mixture of frangrant woods, etc. used for making incense
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かおる (read as かおり) : 1 word FIND ALL
か お り 0
Most common form: 香り
noun
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
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たく (read as だ) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
burning incense without making its source obvious; pleasant smell coming from an unknown location
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An additional one less common word includes 薫 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1192  Joy o' Kanji : 1192  Key to Kanji: - 

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薫
クン   fragrant   かおる to be fragrant   
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重
ジュウ   チョウ   おもい heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
艹
grass   
灬
fire
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