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香 kanji
incense, smell, perfume
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
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On readings
コウキョウ
Kun readings
かかおりかおる
Words with 香
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —調香師perfumer
- —麝香豌豆sweet pea
- —香合わせincense-smelling game
- —抹香臭いsmelling of incense; overly pious
- —線香花火toy fireworks; sparklers
- —安息香酸benzoic acid
- —花火線香toy fireworks; sparklers
- —香典返しpresent given in return for funeral offering
- —香を聞くto smell incense
- —香を焚くto cense; to burn incense
- —芳香療法aromatherapy
- —立麝香草common thyme (Thymus vulgaris); garden thyme
- —天然香料natural perfume; natural fragrances
- —香盤時計incense clock
- —香味野菜potherb; pot herb
- —人工香料artificial flavoring; synthetic perfume
- —麝香揚羽Chinese windmill (species of red-bodied swallowtail butterfly, Atrophaneura alcinous)
- —線香立てincense holder; incense burner
- —芳香族性aromaticity; aromatic property
- —山香ばしLindera glauca (species of spicebush)