馨
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fragrant
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 20
- Radical
- 香 +11
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 馨
- Common rank
- #3,971
- Unicode
- U+99A8
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
fragrant · Heisig RSH #1410
civil war + 香 perfume
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 馨
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 德艺双馨 | (idiom) possessing both integrity and artistic skills | |
| 温馨提示 | Please note:; tip; hint | |
| 馨香 | fragrance; fragrant (of incense) | |
| 温馨 | comfort; soft and fragrant; warm | |
| 康乃馨 | carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) (loanword) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 殸 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 殸 sound part | stone chimes | |
| 罄 | empty; to exhaust, to run out, to use up | |
| 謦 | to speak softly |