香

香 (radical 186, 香+0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹木日 (HDA), four-corner 2060₉, composition ⿱禾日)

1. Kangxi radical #186, ⾹.

• Index:Chinese radical/香

• 𛀠

• KangXi: page 1428, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44518
• Dae Jaweon: page 1955, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4423, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9999

Historical forms of the character 香
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

In the oracle bone script, it was ideogrammic compound (會意) : 黍 (“glutinous millet”) + 口 (“mouth”).

In the seal script, the 口 was replaced with the related 甘 (“sweet”).

Currently, the 黍 has simplified into 禾, and the form of the bottom component 甘 has become akin to the unrelated 曰 or 日.

香

1. fragrant; fragrance

   Antonyms: 臭 (chòu)

2. (of food) aromatic; delicious-smelling
3. (of eating) having the appearance that one really enjoys the food; (of sleep) sound
4. popular
5. perfume
6. (religion) joss stick; incense (Classifier: 束 m; 支)
7. (figuratively) woman
8. to kiss
9. (Cantonese, euphemistic) to die

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

• Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō, uncommon)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• Kun: か (ka, 香, Jōyō); かおり (kaori, 香り, Jōyō)^{←かをり (kawori, historical)}; かおる (kaoru, 香る, Jōyō)^{←かをる (kaworu, historical)}

• 香 (こう)気 (き) (kōki)
• 香具師 (やし) (yashi), 香 (こう)具 (ぐ)師 (し) (kōgushi)
• 香 (きょう)車 (しゃ) (kyōsha)
• 香 (こう)水 (すい) (kōsui)
• 香 (こう)道 (どう) (kōdō)
• 香 (こう)草 (そう) (kōsō)
• 香 (こう)箱 (ばこ) (kōbako)
• 香 (こう)木 (ぼく) (kōboku)
• 香 (こう)料 (りょう) (kōryō)
• 香 (こう)炉 (ろ) (kōro)

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) か [kà] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) か​ [káꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠]

香 (hiragana か, rōmaji ka)

1. a pleasant smell; a scent, a fragrance, an aroma

• 香 (かお)り (kaori)

From Middle Chinese 香 (xjang).

• (Tokyo) きょー [kyòó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) きょ​ー [kyóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ː]

香 (hiragana きょう, rōmaji kyō, historical hiragana きやう)

1. Clipping of 香車.

From Middle Chinese 香 (xjang). Compare Vietnamese hương (“fragrance; incense”).

• (Tokyo) こ​ー [kóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ː]

香 (hiragana こう, rōmaji kō, historical hiragana かう)

1. incense

   Synonym: 御香 (okō)

香 (eum 향 (hyang))

1. 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]

1. Hán tự form of hương (“fragrance; incense”).
2. Nôm form of nhang (“incense”).