Question

芳 かんば.しい perfume, balmy, flavorable, fragrant S 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140)方: direction; person; alternative 艸 6 (none) perfumed People always seem to overdo it with their perfume. It seems that whenever I am at school, somebody walks by with their cheap flowery perfume. If I close my eyes, I can actually use that floweriness as a compass - it tells me which direction they´re in.

Accepted Answer

ホウ お, かおる, は, ほ, みち, やす, よし 1 1302 7 140 くさ・くさかんむり 形声 Phonetic She used a perfume so strong, that you can track her by following the direction of the smell of flowers. 493

Kanji	芳
Onyomi	ホウ
Kunyomi	かんば.しい
Nanori	お, かおる, は, ほ, みち, やす, よし
English	perfume, balmy, flavorable, fragrant
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1302
Components	艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 方: direction; person; alternative
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	艸
Radical Number	140
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	くさ・くさかんむり
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	perfumed
Koohii Story 1	She used a perfume so strong, that you can track her by following the direction of the smell of flowers.
Koohii Story 2	People always seem to overdo it with their perfume. It seems that whenever I am at school, somebody walks by with their cheap flowery perfume. If I close my eyes, I can actually use that floweriness as a compass - it tells me which direction they´re in.
RTK Index	493

I Direction Perfume 芳 ホウ かんば.しい お かおる

I Direction Perfume 芳ホウかんば.しいおかおる