香 xiāng fragrant
Made up of [禾 hé grain radical 115, 日 rì sun; day radical 72]Made with 9 strokes.
Ancient small seal form
Related characters
Also uses 禾 hé component: 矮 ǎi (low) 乘 chéng (to ride) ; 稿 gǎo (manuscript) ; 和 hé (together) ; 季 jì (season) ; 利 lì (sharp) ; 秋 qiú (autumn) ; 税 shuì (taxes) ; 租 zū (to hire)
Also uses 日 rì component: 白 bái (bright) 曾 céng (once) ; 昌 chāng (prosperous) ; 春 chūn (spring) ; 旦 dàn (dawn) ; 婚 hūn (to marry) ; 间 jiàn (gap) ; 间 jiān (between) ; 景 jǐng (bright) ; 旧 jiù (old) ; 明 míng (bright) ; 莫 mò (do not) ; 普 pǔ (general) ; 晴 qíng (clear sky) ; 是 shì (is) ; 时 shí (time) ; 暑 shǔ (heat) ; 晚 wǎn (evening) ; 星 xīng (star) ; 阳 yáng (yang) ; 易 yì (easy) ; 音 yīn (sound) ; 影 yǐng (picture) ; 早 zǎo (early) ; 照 zhào (according to) ; 者 zhě (in process of) ; 桌 zhuō (table) ; 最 zuì (most) ; 昨 zuó (previous)
Sounds same
相 xiāng (each other) ; 乡 xiāng (countryside)Different tone
想 xiǎng (to think) ; 象 xiàng (elephant)Pronunciation
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Provinces
香港 Hong KongCities
香港 Hong Kong City, Hong KongProverbs
迟开的花未必不香 chí kāi de huā wèi bì bú xiāng It's never too late to try something new香消玉损 xiāng xiāo yù sǔn Spoken of on the death of a beautiful young woman