香

香 — incense, smell, perfume

JLPT: JLPT N2
Strokes: 9
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #859 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: こう kou

きょう kyou
Kun'yomi: か ka

かお.り kao.ri

かお.る kao.ru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 香

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