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香 = 禾 + 日

香 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “incense”. It is built from 禾 (grain) and 日 (day). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 977. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
incense
RTK frame
977
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ, キョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
か, かお.り, かお.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
благовония
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
香 fragrant

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 禾 grain
  2. 日 day

Characters that contain 香

How to find 香 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grain” + “day”. 香 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 香 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.