Memory phrase for the character: 香

香

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Meaning

fragrance, smell, aroma, scent

Pronunciation

KŌ
ka, kaoru/ri

Explanation

 Top: rice plant 禾, below: sun 日

Mnemonic
 
Rice plants in the sun have a fragrance.

Radicals

禾 rice plantIt shows the ear/spike of a rice plant. The rice-grain has this radical: 米 and the ripe rice plant is this combination: 釆.
日 day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.




 Vocabulary

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
蚊取り線香 かとりせんこう  anti-moscito incense, mosquito coil

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