Radical 186, meaning "fragrant", is one of the 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 9 strokes.
香 | ||
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香 (U+9999) "fragrant" | ||
Pronunciations | ||
Pinyin: | xiāng | |
Bopomofo: | ㄒㄧㄤ | |
Wade–Giles: | hsiang1 | |
Cantonese Yale: | heung1 | |
Jyutping: | hoeng1 | |
Japanese Kana: | コウ kō/ キョウ kyō (on'yomi) か ka / かお-る kao-ru / かおり kaori (kun'yomi) | |
Sino-Korean: | 향 hyang | |
Hán-Việt: | hương | |
Names | ||
Japanese name(s): | かおり kaori 匂い香/においコウ nioikō | |
Hangul: | 향기 hyanggi | |
Stroke order animation | ||
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 37 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
香 is also the 183rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Strokes | Characters |
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+0 | 香 |
+4 | 馚 |
+5 | 馛 馜 馝 |
+7 | 馞 馟 馠 |
+8 | 馡 馢 馣 |
+9 | 馤 馥 |
+10 | 馦 馧 |
+11 | 馨 |
+12 | 馩 |
+14 | 馪 |
+18 | 馫 (=馨) |
As an isolated character is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1]
It is one of the 20 kanji added to the Kyoiku kanji that are found in the names of the following prefectures of Japan.[2] It was added because it is a character in 香 (Kagawa).[2]