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
- —名香fine incense
- —幽香fragrance
- —余香lingering odor; lingering odour
- —麝香musk
- —抹香incense; incense powder
- —焼香burning (offer) incense
- —香箱incense box
- —香合incense container
- —香華flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering)
- —新香pickled vegetables; pickles
- —残香lingering scent
- —沈香agarwood; aloeswood; gharuwood; eaglewood; agalloch; agallochum; aquilaria tree; lign aloes
- —香具incense set (e.g. burner, tray, tongs, etc.); incense paraphernalia; incense components (e.g. sandalwood, musk, aloeswood)
- —香香pickled vegetables
- —香煙incense smoke
- —馨香fragrance; perfume; aroma; honor; honour; fame
- —香菜coriander (Coriandrum sativum); cilantro; dhania; Chinese parsley
- —練香(incense) pastille; round cake of incense, esp. used in incense ceremony
- —丁香clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
- —香煎flour made from parched barley; powdered roast grain mixed with herbs, spices, dried citrus peel, etc. (added to hot water to make a drink)