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Keyword
nice smell
  • incense
  • smell
  • perfume
Frequency
#859
Strokes
9
Grade
4
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
977
Readings
コウ78%
かお22%
Mnemonic
Grain plants roast gently under the sun in a pan, and a wonderful, nice smell drifts across the kitchen.
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Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
香港ホンコン
Hong Kong
Noun
香かおり
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
Noun
香こう水すい
perfume; scent
Noun
香きょう
lance
Noun
香こう
incense
Noun
香か
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
Noun
香こう水ずい
scented water used for purification; water offering to Buddha
Noun
香か川がわ
Kagawa (prefecture)
Noun
芳ほう香こう
perfume; fragrance; aroma; balm; sweet scent
Noun
香こう料りょう
flavoring; flavouring; spices; fragrance; perfume; incense; condolence gift
Noun
線せん香こう
incense stick
Noun
香こう辛しん料りょう
spice; spices; condiment
Noun
香こうばしい
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
I-adjective
香かおる
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
Godan verb
香菜しゃんつぁい
coriander (Coriandrum sativum); cilantro; dhania; Chinese parsley
Noun
香こう典でん
gift brought to a funeral (usu. money); funeral offering; condolence gift; incense money
Noun
香かんばしい
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
I-adjective
香蒲がま
common cattail (Typha latifolia); broadleaf cattail; common bulrush; great reedmace
Noun
香こう炉ろ
censer; incense burner
Noun
蚊か取とり線せん香こう
mosquito coil; anti-mosquito incense
Noun
焼しょう香こう
burning incense (before an altar, esp. in memory of the dead); offering incense
Noun
香こう典でん返がえし
present given in return for funeral offering
Noun
文ふみ香こう
scented insert (to enclose with a letter); perfumed insert
Noun
香こう味み
smell and taste; flavour; flavor
Noun