Components

馨 means 'fragrance'

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Strokes : 20    Frequency: 2950   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-8    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 5 words   Used in 7 words   Used in 242 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Kun
   かおり fragrance
On    ケイ   キョウ
Kun    かお
Name    か   かおる   きよ   よし   かほる
Upper component exists as a rare kanji (-)
⿱  ⿰   voice   lance shaft   fragrance  
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馨 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 馨 is used 5 times, read 2 ways.
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ケイ : 3 words FIND ALL
noun
1. fragrance; perfume; aroma
2. honor; honour; fame
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かお : 2 words FIND ALL
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Most common form: 香り
noun
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
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An additional かおり less common words include 馨 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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かおり fragrance   
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コウ   キョウ   かお fragrance   かお to be fragrant   か scent, odour   
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grain
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
セイ   ショウ   こえ voice   こわ- voice   
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シ   samurai
stick   
corpse
lance shaft   
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キ    table   
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