Moto 芳: Perfume; Balmy; FavorableKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ホウ
- Kun'yomi
- かんば(しい)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 45 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ホウ)
- 芳香ほうこうperfume; fragrance
- メビウス芳香族性メビウスほうこうぞくせいMöbius aromaticity
- 余芳よほうlingering fragrance; continuing fame (after death)
- 多環芳香族炭化水素たかんほうこうぞくたんかすいそpolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; PAH
- 来客芳名録らいきゃくほうめいろくguest book
- 芳信ほうしんletter
- 芳名ほうめいgood name; good reputation
- 芳名帳ほうめいちょうvisitors' book; guest book
- 芳名録ほうめいろくvisitors' book
- 芳墨ほうぼくscented ink; honorific reference to another's letter
- 芳心ほうしんkind intentions
- 芳志ほうし(your) kindness
- 芳恩ほうおんfavour; favor
- 芳情ほうじょうyour good wishes; your kind intentions
- 芳春ほうしゅんspring; springtime
- 芳書ほうしょhonorific reference to another's letter
- 芳枝ほうしfragrant branch of flowers
- 芳樹ほうじゅbeautiful tree; tree producing beautiful flowers
- 芳気ほうきfragrant scent
- 芳潤ほうじゅんmellow (flavor or fragrance, esp. alcohol); rich
- 芳烈ほうれつaromatic; heroic deed
- 芳紀ほうきage of a young lady who is at the peak of her (sexual) attractiveness; marriageable age (of a young lady)
- 芳純ほうじゅんmellow (flavor or fragrance, esp. alcohol); rich
- 芳縁ほうえんgood fate; auspicious fate
- 芳草ほうそうfragrant herb
- 芳詠ほうえいpoem
- 芳醇ほうじゅんmellow (flavor or fragrance, esp. alcohol); rich
- 芳韻ほういんChinese poem; poem
- 芳香を放つほうこうをはなつto give out (off) fragrance
- 芳香剤ほうこうざいair freshener; fragrance
- 芳香族アミンほうこうぞくアミンaromatic amine
- 芳香族化合物ほうこうぞくかごうぶつaromatic compound
- 芳香族性ほうこうぞくせいaromaticity; aromatic property
- 芳香族炭化水素ほうこうぞくたんかすいそaromatic hydrocarbon
- 芳香油ほうこうゆfragrant oil; essential oil
- 芳香療法ほうこうりょうほうaromatherapy
- 襲芳舎しゅうほうしゃcourt ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
- 遺芳いほうmemory or autograph of deceased
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 芳しいかんばしいsweet-smelling; fragrant
- 栴檀は双葉より芳しせんだんはふたばよりかんばしgenius shows from childhood; the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout
- 芳しくないかんばしくないpoor; not satisfactory
- 芳しく無いかんばしくないpoor; not satisfactory
Other readings
- 花蘇芳はなずおうCercis chinensis
- 芳ばしいこうばしいaromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood)
- 蘇芳すおうsappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan)
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