香
香 — hyang
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 향기 향
- Romanization
- hyang
- English
- fragrant, sweet-smelling; incense; Kangxi radical 186
- Mandarin
- xiāng
- Japanese on'yomi
- コウ, キョウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- か かお.り かお.る
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #859 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 香 (186, 0 residual)
- Unicode
- U+9999
Parts that make up 香
How 香 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 香 as a ideographic compound involving 黍, 口.
Korean example words with 香
- 가향佳香 Korean gloss: 좋은 향기
- 감향甘香 Korean gloss: 달콤한 향기
- 난향蘭香 Korean gloss: 난초의 향기
- 매향梅香 Korean gloss: 매화의 향기
- 방향芳香 Korean gloss: 꽃다운 향기
- 형향馨香 Korean gloss: 꽃다운 향기
- 훈향薰香 Korean gloss: 훈훈한 향기
- 향운香韻 Korean gloss: 향기로운 운치
- 향채香菜 Korean gloss: 향기로운 나물
- 향취香臭 Korean gloss: 향기로운 냄새
- 향훈香薰 Korean gloss: 향기로운 냄새
- 묵향墨香 Korean gloss: 향기로운 먹 냄새
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 香
- 香港ホンコン Hong Kong
- 香りかおり aroma; fragrance; scent
- 香水こうすい perfume; scent
- 香辛料こうしんりょう spice; spices; condiment
- 線香せんこう incense stick
- 芳香ほうこう perfume; fragrance; aroma
- 香典こうでん gift brought to a funeral (usu. money); funeral offering; condolence gift
- 香料こうりょう flavoring; flavouring; spices
- 香るかおる to smell sweet; to be fragrant
- 香炉こうろ censer; incense burner
- 焼香しょうこう burning incense (before an altar, esp. in memory of the dead); offering incense
- 香典返しこうでんがえし present given in return for funeral offering
Other hanja read “향”
Other hanja with radical 香
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences