香

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Etymology

Simplification of 禾 + 日.

Han character

香 (radical 186 香+0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹木日 (HDA), four-corner 2060₉, composition ⿱禾日)

1. fragrant, sweet smelling, incense

References

• KangXi: page 1428, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44518
• Dae Jaweon: page 1955, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4423, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9999

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		香

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāng (xiang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heong¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): hiong
• Min Dong (BUC): hiŏng
• Min Nan (POJ): hiuⁿ / hiang / hiong
• Wu (WT Romanisation): xian (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Wade-Giles: hsiang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiang
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: heong¹
    • Yale: hēong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hɵŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiong
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /hi̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hiŏng
    • IPA ^(key): /hyoŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ / hiang / hiong
    • Tâi-lô: hiunn / hiang / hiong
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiũ⁴⁴/, /hiaŋ⁴⁴/, /hiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiũ³⁴/, /hiaŋ³⁴/, /hiɔŋ³⁴/
  • Note: hiuⁿ - vernacular, hiang, hiong - literary.
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: xian (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕiã⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (香, reconstructed)
Character (香), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 曉 (32) Final: 陽 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 許良切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/hɨɐŋ/	/xi̯aŋ/	/xiaŋ/	/hiɐŋ/	/hɨaŋ/	/xĭaŋ/	/xiɑŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (香, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
香								xiāng								‹ xjang ›								/*qʰaŋ/								fragrance
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
香					13591					香					陽					0					香					/*qʰaŋ/

Compounds

• 沉香 (chénxiāng)
• 大茴香
• 丁香 (dīngxiāng)
• 茴香 (huíxiāng)
• 藿香 (huòxiāng)
• 迦南香
• 龙涎香
• 木香 (mùxiāng)
• 乳香 (rǔxiāng)
• 上沉香
• 麝香 (shèxiāng)
• 麝香片
• 松香
• 苏合香 (sūhéxiāng)
• 土木香
• 香案
• 香槟 (xiāngbīn, Xiāngbīn)
• 香槟酒 (xiāngbīnjiǔ)
• 香波 (xiāngbō)
• 香饽饽儿
• 香菜 (xiāngcài)
• 香草 (xiāngcǎo)
• 香肠 (xiāngcháng)
• 香橙

• 香椿
• 香醇, 香纯
• 香饵
• 香粉
• 香港 (Xiānggǎng) (Hong Kong)
• 香灰
• 香蕉 (xiāngjiāo)
• 香料 (xiāngliào)
• 香炉 (“incense burner; censer”)
• 香喷喷
• 香片
• 香气
• 香色
• 香水 (xiāngshuǐ)
• 香甜
• 香味
• 香消玉沉
• 香烟 (xiāngyān)
• 香煙 (xiāngyān)
• 香艳
• 香油
• 香皂 (xiāngzào)
• 小茴香 (xiǎohuíxiāng)
• 芸香
• 香冮

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

香

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: こう (kō)
• Kan’on: きょう (kyō)
• Kun: かお.る (kao.ru), かお.り (kao.ri), か (ka)

Compounds

• 香気
• 香具師
• 香車
• 香水
• 香道
• 香草
• 香箱
• 香木
• 香霧
• 香料
• 香炉

Noun

香 (hiragana きょう, romaji kyō)

1. fragrance
2. (shogi) lance (abbreviation of 香車)

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Korean

Hanja

香 (hyang) (hangeul 향, revised hyang, McCune-Reischauer hyang, Yale hyang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

香 (hương, nhang, hồng)

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