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香 means 'fragrance'

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Strokes : 9    Radical number: 186    Frequency: 505   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-3    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 37    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 65 words   Used in 171 words   Used in 4269 names   Component in 10 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
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   コウ   キョウ
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   かおり fragrance   かおる to be fragrant   か scent, odour
Name
   か
Additional readings
Name    こ   こお   ひゃん   よし
Variants
⾹  
Notes
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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⿱  禾 grain  日 sun; day  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 香 is used 4 times, read 2 ways. 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.
Note: kanji quick view shows the most useful word for each reading which is also the most common variant, and in the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese. Words shown here draw from all words in Japanese and include less common forms.
コウ : 118 words FIND ALL
こ う す い 0
noun
perfume
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キョウ : 7 words FIND ALL
き ょ う し ゃ 0
noun
lance  (shogi term)
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コウ (read as ごう) : 1 word FIND ALL
そ で ご う ろ 3
noun
portable incense burner (ball-shaped and carried in one's clothes)
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キョウ (read as ぎょう) : 1 word FIND ALL
ひ ぎ ょ う し ゃ 2
noun
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)  (see also: 五舎)
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か : 8 words FIND ALL
noun
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume  (see also: 花の香; esp. 〜の香)
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かおり : 5 words FIND ALL
か お り 0
noun
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
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か (read as が) : 4 words FIND ALL
う つ り が 3 う つ り が 0
noun
lingering scent
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かおり (read as かおり) : 1 word FIND ALL
か お り 0
noun
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
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こ: 2 words. FIND ALL
し ん こ 0
noun
pickled vegetables; pickles  (see also: お新香)
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
ほ ん こ ん 1
noun
Hong Kong; Hongkong
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香
コウ   キョウ   かおり fragrance   かおる to be fragrant   か scent, odour   
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禾
grain
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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