芳 — bang

Parts that make up 芳

How 芳 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 芳 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 方.

Korean example words with 芳

• 방향芳香 Korean gloss: 꽃다운 향기
• 방초芳草 Korean gloss: 향기롭고 꽃다운 풀
• 방년芳年 Korean gloss: 이십 세 전후의 한창 젊은 꽃다운 나이
• 방령芳齡 Korean gloss: 이십 세 전후의 한창 젊은 꽃다운 나이
• 방명芳名 Korean gloss: 남에게서 칭찬을 듣는 좋은 평판이나 이름
• 방심芳心 Korean gloss: 향기로운 마음. 또는 꽃답고 애틋한 마음
• 방절芳節 Korean gloss: 꽃다운 아름다운 철이란 뜻으로 ‘봄철’을 이르는 말
• 방복하다芳馥 Korean gloss: 향기롭고 꽃답다
• 방렬하다芳烈 Korean gloss: 몹시 향기가 짙다
• 방순하다芳淳 Korean gloss: 향기롭고 부드럽다
• 고방하다孤芳 Korean gloss: (비유적으로) 인품이 썩 고상하다
• 방향수芳香樹 Korean gloss: 향기를 지닌 나무나 풀

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 芳

• 芳香ほうこう perfume; fragrance; aroma
• 芳しいかんばしい sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic
• 遺芳いほう memory or autograph of deceased
• 芳紀ほうき age of a young lady who is at the peak of her (sexual) attractiveness; marriageable age (of a young lady); sweet sixteen
• 芳志ほうし (your) kindness
• 芳名ほうめい your name; one's good name; one's good reputation
• 余芳よほう lingering fragrance; continuing fame (after death)
• 芳醇ほうじゅん mellow (flavor or fragrance; esp. of alcohol); rich; full-bodied
• 蘇芳すおう sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan); sappanwood dye (red in colour); layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)
• 芳情ほうじょう your good wishes; your kind intentions
• 芳心ほうしん kind intentions
• 芳信ほうしん letter; news that flowers have bloomed

Characters sharing the phonetic 方

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “방” in Korean.

Other hanja read “방”

Other hanja with radical 艸