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香 means 'fragrance'
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Name こ こお ひゃん よし
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A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 香 - click the badge to download
With a plethora of photos, this essay shows how 香 conveys the scent of everything from coffee to flowers in signs from around the globe. This kanji also means "incense" (which has played an important role in Japanese culture and religion for centuries), as well as 'perfume' (which hasn't). On top of that, 香 factors into two notable place names and some food terms. It's even a radical!
Essay 1255 on 香 (fragrance; "perfume" radical) covers this shape, which doesn't appear in any Jōyō characters aside from 香 itself but smells really nice!
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Radical Note for 香 ⇗
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 香 is used 12 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 香 is used 148 times, read 4 ways (with 5 variations). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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コウ
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キョウ
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コウ
(read as ごう)
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noun
portable incense burner (ball-shaped and carried in one's clothes)(click the word for examples and links)
キョウ
(read as ぎょう)
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か
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かおり
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noun
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell(click the word to view an additional 5 forms, examples and links)
か
(read as が)
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かおり
(read as かおり)
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word.
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An additional 23 less common words include 香 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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