馨

20 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

fragrant, balmy, favourable

Kun'yomi
  • かおる
    		to smell sweet
  • かおり
On'yomi
  • ケイ
  • キョウ
Nanori
  • か
  • かおる
  • きよ
  • よし
  • かほる

Main Radical

香(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

かおる 100.0%

Character Breakdown

fragrant, balmy, favourable
かお.る　ケイ　キョウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
voice
こえ　セイ　こわ- (2nd, N3)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ　さむらい　お (4th, N1)
corpse(尸) variant
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ　かたしろ (Kentei 1)
pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
シュ　また　ほこ (Kentei 1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ　きにょう (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また　ユウ　やす (8th, N1)
incense, smell, perfume
コウ　かお.り　か (7th, N2)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ　いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)

References

Unicode hex code 99A8
JIS X 0208 1-19-30
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5190
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6724
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2879
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3575
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1841
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2505
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2925
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2933
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2904
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1930
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 44559
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2267
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4c16.2
Four corner code 4760.9