Kanji
N2 9 strokes Grade 4 freq #859

incense, smell, perfume

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

fragrant ka

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

Hong Kong
perfume; scent
spice; spices
gift brought to a funeral (usu. money); funeral offering
incense stick
perfume; fragrance
flavoring; flavouring
censer; incense burner
burning incense (before an altar, esp. in memory of the dead); offering incense
smell and taste; flavour

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

aroma; fragrance
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
present given in return for funeral offering
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood)

Example sentences

His plane leaves for Hong Kong at 2:00 p.m.

We came back by way of Hong Kong.

The smell of the flowers came in through the open windows of the bus.

The air was scented with spring flowers.