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
- —暗香scent of a flower floating about in the air; lingering scent of a flower in the darkness
- —お香incense
- —香盆incense tray
- —香箸incense chopsticks
- —香壇incense altar
- —文香scented insert (to enclose with a letter); perfumed insert
- —芸香common rue (Ruta graveolens)
- —香水scented water used for purification; water offering to Buddha
- —聞香smelling incense; savoring incense; distinguishing incense by smell; incense-smelling party
- —香蕉banana
- —香袋perfume pouch; incense bag; metallic scent ball (hung inside house, vehicle, etc.)
- —香盤incense tray; incense burner; programme (theater); seating arrangement (in a theater)
- —香害upsetting others with one's odour (strong perfume, etc.)
- —組香incense-comparing game
- —香札tiles used in incense-guessing games
- —檀香Indian sandalwood (Santalum album)
- —調香perfume blending; fragrance mixing
- —木香Indian costus (Dolomiaea costus); costus root (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
- —香魚ayu; sweetfish
- —華香flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering)