香 U+9999, 香 ← 馘[U+9998] CJK Unified Ideographs 馚 →[U+999A] ⾹ U+2FB9, ⾹ ← ⾸[U+2FB8] Kangxi Radicals ⾺ →[U+2FBA] Stroke order
香 (Kangxi radical 186, 香+0, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 竹木日 (HDA), four-corner 20609, composition ⿱禾日)
- Kangxi radical #186, ⾹.
- Appendix:Chinese radical/香
- 㗍, 𡎟, 𪬏, 㴡, 楿, 𤋭, 𤧘, 𥔜, 䅨, 𧪑, 𧯅, 𧹰, 𧽂, 𮠷, 𪨝, 𮬀, 𪋒
- 𠝲, 𧯄, 䫝, 萫, 𥔡, 𥧎, 𩤹, 㐯, 黁, 𤼍, 麘, 䦭
- Japanese: 𛀠 (hentaigana)
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1428, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44518
- Dae Jaweon: page 1955, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4423, character 1
- Unihan data for U+9999
In the oracle bone script, it was ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 黍 (“glutinous millet”) + 口 (“mouth”). The whole character perhaps indicate that millet was used to produce liquor from fermentation which could be drank and/or sacrificed.
In the seal script, the 口 was replaced with the related 甘 (“sweet”). Hence, the most conservative variant is 𪏽.
Currently, the 黍 has simplified into 禾 and the form of the bottom component 甘 has become akin to the unrelated 曰.
trad. 香 simp. # 香 alternative forms 𪏰𪏽𥞌𩡢麘
香
- fragrant; fragrance Antonym: 臭
- (of food) aromatic; delicious-smelling
- (of eating) having the appearance that one really enjoys the food; (of sleep) sound
- (Internet slang) wonderful; enjoyable (in general)
- popular
- perfume
- (religion) joss stick; incense (Classifier: 支 m c mn; 炷 m c; 根 m; 叢／丛 mn; 束 m; 紮／扎 c)
- (figurative) woman
- (chiefly Wu) to kiss
- (Cantonese, euphemistic) to die
- 弊啦！監視器香咗，點會噉㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]弊啦！监视器香咗，点会噉㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]From: 1988, Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack (TVB’s Cantonese dubbed version)bai6 laa3! gaam1 si6 hei3 hoeng1 zo2, dim2 wui5 gam2 gaa3? [Jyutping]Damn! The monitor is dead! How come?
- (historical) shorthand for Hong Kong during Japanese Occupation between 1941 and 1945 香督 [Cantonese] ― hoeng1 duk1 [Jyutping] ― Governor of Hong Kong
- a surname
Others:
- → Indonesian: hio (“joss stick, incense”)
trad. 香 simp. # 香
香
- (Hokkien, Teochew, Puxian Min) alternative form of 芳 (“fragrant”)
- “香”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
- Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)←かう (kau, historical)
- Kan-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō †)←きやう (kyau, historical)
- Kun: か (ka, 香, Jōyō)、かおり (kaori, 香り, Jōyō)←かをり (kawori, 香り, historical)、かおる (kaoru, 香る, Jōyō)←かをる (kaworu, 香る, historical)、かざ (kaza, 香)、かんばしい (kanbashii, 香しい)、かぐわしい (kaguwashii, 香しい)
Kanji in this term 香 かGrade: 4 kun’yomi
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1] Compare かざ (kaza, “smell, odor, scent”).
- IPA(key): [ka̠]
- (Tokyo) か [kà] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
- (Tokyo) か [káꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3]
香(か) • (ka)
- [from 720] a pleasant smell; a scent, a fragrance, an aroma
Kanji in this term 香 きょうGrade: 4 kan’on
From Middle Chinese 香 (MC xjang).
- IPA(key): [kʲo̞ː]
- (Tokyo) きょー [kyòó] (Heiban – [0])[4]
- (Tokyo) きょー [kyóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[4][3]
香(きょう) • (kyō) ←きやう (kyau)?
- clipping of 香車 (kyōsha, “incense chariot”)
Kanji in this term 香 こうGrade: 4 goon
From Middle Chinese 香 (MC xjang). The goon reading, so likely an earlier borrowing. Compare Vietnamese hương (“fragrance; incense”).
- IPA(key): [ko̞ː]
- (Tokyo) こー [kóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
香(こう) • (kō) ←かう (kau)?
- incense Synonym: 御香 (okō)
Kanji in this term 香 かざGrade: 4 kun’yomi For pronunciation and definitions of 香 – see the following entry. 【かざ】 [noun] 香, 気: (now dialectal) a smell, odor, scent (This term, 香, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
- “香”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][3] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026
From Middle Chinese 香 (MC xjang).
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ça̠ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [향]
香 (eum 향 (hyang))
- hanja form? of 향 (“fragrance; perfume; incense”)
香: Hán Việt readings: hương (虛(hư)良(lương)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4][5] 香: Nôm readings: nhang[2][3][6][4][5][7], hương[1][2][4][7], hang[1], nhàng[1]
- chữ Hán form of hương (“fragrance; incense”)
- chữ Nôm form of nhang (“incense”)
- chữ Hán form of Hương (“a female given name”) 胡春香 ― Hồ Xuân Hương
