香
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fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick; CL:根[gen1]
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Dict coverage rank #246 U+9999
How 香 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A herb 禾 with a sweet 甘 smell
How to remember it
perfume · Heisig RSH #772
wild rice + sun
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 香
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 香山区 | Xiāng shān Qū | Hsiangshan, a district of Hsinchu 新竹市[Xin1 zhu2 Shi4], Taiwan |
| 国色天香 | guó sè tiān xiāng | national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty |
| 天香国色 | tiān xiāng guó sè | divine fragrance, national grace (idiom); an outstanding beauty |
| 香格里拉市 | Xiāng gé lǐ lā Shì | Shangri-La, a county-level city in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di… |
| 香巴拉 | Xiāng bā lā | Shambhala, mythical place (Buddhism, Hinduism) |
| 香河县 | Xiāng hé Xiàn | Xianghe, a county in Langfang City 廊坊市[Lang2 fang2 Shi4], Hebei |
| 香格里拉 | Xiāng gé lǐ lā | Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon"; a par… |
| 香水 | xiāng shuǐ | perfume; cologne |
| 头香 | tóu xiāng | the first stick of incense placed in the censer (believed to bring good luck esp. during f… |
| 香港中文大学 | Xiāng gǎng Zhōng wén Dà xué | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 上香 | shàng xiāng | to offer incense (at a temple etc) |
| 花香 | huā xiāng | fragrance of flowers |
| 香花 | xiāng huā | fragrant flower; fig. beneficial (of artworks etc) |
| 香会 | xiāng huì | a company of pilgrims |
| 香港文化中心 | Xiāng gǎng Wén huà Zhōng xīn | Hong Kong Cultural Center |
| 香气 | xiāng qì | fragrance; aroma; incense |
| 体香 | tǐ xiāng | pleasant body scent |
| 香子兰 | xiāng zǐ lán | vanilla; Vanilla planifolia |
| 香港理工大学 | Xiāng gǎng Lǐ gōng Dà xué | Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| 鸟语花香 | niǎo yǔ huā xiāng | lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring da… |