The kanji 薫: meaning, readings and stroke order

薫

Meaning: fragrant, smell sweet
On reading: クン kun
Kun reading: かお（る） kaoru
Strokes: 16
Radical: 艸 grass
Level: Level 9 · senior high school
Old form: 薰

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thơm, toả hương (huân)
Japanese: かおる。よいにおい。
Korean: 향기롭다, 향기 (훈)
Chinese: 芳香、飘香 (薰)

Readings, words and example sentences

クン kun · on reading · less common

薫くん風ぷう
fresh early-summer breeze
五月の 薫くん風ぷうが気持ちいいです。
The fresh May breeze feels nice.

かお（る） kaoru · kun reading · less common

薫かおる
to give off a (fresh) scent
若葉が 薫かおります。
The young leaves give off a fresh scent.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.