Kanji1 / 9
香 kanji
incense, smell, perfume
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
コウキョウ
Kun readings
かかおりかおる
Words with 香
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2香水Popularperfume; scent
- N1香辛料Popularspice; spices; condiment
- —香気Popularfragrance
- —香料Popularflavoring; flavouring; spices; fragrance; perfume; incense; condolence gift
- —線香Popularincense stick
- —芳香Popularperfume; fragrance; aroma; balm; sweet scent
- —香ばしいPopulararomatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
- —香incense
- —衣香perfume on the clothing
- —遺香lingering odor of giver (clothes, etc.) (odour)
- —花香fragrance of flowers; scent of flowers; flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering)
- —薫香incense; fragrance
- —香草herb; fragrant grass
- —香典gift brought to a funeral (usu. money); funeral offering; condolence gift; incense money
- —香道traditional art of incense appreciation; Way of Fragrance; kōdō
- —香味smell and taste; flavour; flavor
- —香木fragrant wood; aromatic tree
- —香油pomade; balm; perfumed oil
- —香炉censer; incense burner
- —乳香frankincense; olibanum