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香 か、かお.り、かお.る incense, smell, perfume 2 859 9 186 か・こう・かおり・においこう 会意 Compound Ideographic If you focus the suns though a magnifying glass on to the bottom of a stalk of wheat it will start to smoulder and burn like a stick of incense. The weird thing is that it burns from the bottom upwards, hanging in the air as if my magic. Try it and see!

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コウ、キョウ こ, こお, ひゃん, よし 香り(かおり): aroma; fragrance; scent; smell香水(こうすい): perfume香辛料(こうしんりょう): spices S 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115)日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 香 9 (none) incense When the sun burns the wheat a smell of incense remains in the air.

Kanji	香
Onyomi	コウ、キョウ
Kunyomi	か、かお.り、かお.る
Nanori	こ, こお, ひゃん, よし
English	incense, smell, perfume
Examples	香り(かおり): aroma; fragrance; scent; smell 香水(こうすい): perfume 香辛料(こうしんりょう): spices
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	859
Components	禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days
Number of Strokes	9
Kanji Radical	香
Radical Number	186
Radical Strokes	9
Radical Reading	か・こう・かおり・においこう
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	incense
Koohii Story 1	If you focus the suns though a magnifying glass on to the bottom of a stalk of wheat it will start to smoulder and burn like a stick of incense. The weird thing is that it burns from the bottom upwards, hanging in the air as if my magic. Try it and see!
Koohii Story 2	When the sun burns the wheat a smell of incense remains in the air.

香 Perfume Smell Incense Bottom Wheat Burns コウ、キョウ