字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCEFrom Xiaoxuetang.
Oracle bone and bronze: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Textiles, Plants & Food
香 fragrance, incense
かおり kaori
9 strokesRadical of 2 kanjiPart of 1
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound會意
In the oracle bone script, it was ideogrammic compound (會意): 黍 (“glutinous millet”) + 口 (“mouth”). The whole character perhaps indicate that millet was used to produce liquor from fermentation which could be drank and/or sacrificed.
Built from 黍 “glutinous millet” + 口 “mouth”
Source: Wiktionary, 香 (rev. 94360990), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Breathe in the scent! This radical represents the wonderful aromas of the family kitchen, the flowering garden, and the sacred temple. When you see it, think of rich flavors, the "fragrance" of a high social standing, and the invisible but powerful essence of scent. It brings a sense of aesthetic pleasure, sensory richness, and deep memory to every character it adorns.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates a pleasant fragrance or aroma, spices and incense, sensory perception, or the intangible quality of being "sweet-smelling" or refined.
What it grows into
- 馨fragrantケイ · かおる
殸sound + 香
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Every kanji with 香 as its radical
All 2 kanji