Moto 香: Incense; Smell; PerfumeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- コウ、キョウ
- Kun'yomi
- か、かお(り)、かお(る)
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 205 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (コウ・キョウ)
- 香水こうすいperfume
- 焼香しょうこうburning (offer) incense
- 線香せんこうincense stick
- 芳香ほうこうperfume; fragrance
- 香ばしいこうばしいaromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood)
- 香典こうでんgift brought to a funeral (usu. money); funeral offering
- 香典返しこうでんがえしpresent given in return for funeral offering
- 香味こうみsmell and taste; flavour
- 香料こうりょうflavoring; flavouring
- 香気こうきfragrance
- 香炉こうろcenser; incense burner
- 香辛料こうしんりょうspice; spices
- うん香うんこうcommon rue (Ruta graveolens)
- お香おこうincense
- アミノ安息香酸エチルアミノあんそくこうさんエチルethyl aminobenzoate
- メビウス芳香族性メビウスほうこうぞくせいMöbius aromaticity
- 丁香ちょうこうclove (Syzygium aromaticum)
- 乳香にゅうこうfrankincense; olibanum
- 五香粉ごこうふんfive-spice powder
- 人工香料じんこうこうりょうartificial flavoring
- 余香よこうlingering odor; lingering odour
- 八角茴香はっかくういきょうstar anise (Illicium verum)
- 反魂香はんごんこうincense which supposedly allows the spirit of a departed loved one to be seen in the smoke
- 名香めいこうfine incense
- 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
- 夜香木やこうぼくnight jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum); night jasmine
- 大茴香だいういきょうstar anise (Illicium verum)
- 天然香料てんねんこうりょうnatural perfume; naturally fragrances
- 姫茴香ひめういきょうcaraway (Carum carvi)
- 安息香あんそくこうbenzoin
- 安息香酸あんそくこうさんbenzoic acid
- 安息香酸ソーダあんそくこうさんソーダsodium benzoate
- 安息香酸ナトリウムあんそくこうさんナトリウムsodium benzoate
- 小川小抹香おがわこまっこうdwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima)
- 小抹香こまっこうpygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)
- 山香ばしやまこうばしLindera glauca (species of spicebush)
- 常香盤じょうこうばんincense clock (marks time with a smouldering train of incense)
- 幽香ゆうこうfragrance
- 御香おこうincense
- 承香殿しょうきょうでんbanquet and concert pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
- 抹香まっこうincense; incense powder
- 抹香臭いまっこうくさいsmelling of incense; overly pious
- 抹香鯨まっこうくじらsperm whale
- 文香ふみこうscented insert (to enclose with a letter); perfumed insert
- 新香しんこうpickled vegetables; pickles
- 暗香あんこうscent of a flower floating about in the air; lingering scent of a flower in the darkness
- 月下香げっかこうtuberose (Polianthes tuberosa)
- 木立ち百里香きだちひゃくりこうthyme
Words that use a kun'yomi
Other readings
- 香港ホンコンHong Kong; Hongkong
- お新香おしんこpickled vegetables; pickles
- 卓香炉しょくこうろtabletop incense burner
- 吾木香われもこうburnet
- 御新香おしんこpickled vegetables; pickles
- 懐香くれのおもfennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
- 成香なりきょうpromoted lance
- 晩香坡バンクーバーVancouver
- 晩香波バンクーバーVancouver
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