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The kanji 香: meaning, readings and stroke order
香
- Meaning
- fragrance
- On reading
- コウ kou、キョウ* kyou
- Kun reading
- か ka、かお（り） kaori、かお（る） kaoru
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 香 fragrance
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- mùi thơm (hương)
- Japanese
- よい におい。かおり。
- Korean
- 향기 (향)
- Chinese
- 香味、香气
Readings, words and example sentences
コウ kou · on reading · less common
香水
perfume
母の 香水の においです。
This is the smell of my mom's perfume.
か ka · kun reading · less common
香
scent, sweet smell
庭から 花の 香が します。
The scent of flowers comes from the garden.
かお（り） kaori · kun reading
香り
nice smell, fragrance
お茶の よい 香りが します。
The tea smells nice.
かお（る） kaoru · kun reading · less common
香る
to smell sweet
春に なると 梅の 花が 香ります。
When spring comes, the plum blossoms smell sweet.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 香 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 香 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 4 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.