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Kanji Detail for 薰 - "fragrant"

薰

  • Meaning

    薰 means "fragrant." Also associated with perfume, influence.

    1. Fragrant - Having a pleasant smell; aromatic and sweet.

    2. Perfume - A pleasant scent; a delightful aroma.

    3. Influence - To affect others positively; to inspire for good.

    4. Incense - To burn for fragrance; to create aromatic smoke.

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    • Verified meaning: fragrant
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: perfume, influence

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    a medicinal herb; to cauterize

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    a medicinal herb; to cauterize

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    fragrance; warm; to educate; variant of 熏[xun1]; to smoke; to fumigate

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    a medicinal herb; to cauterize

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A fragrant herb name. Also called 蕙草 (sweet grass). Leaves are elliptical and opposite. Red flowers and black fruit. Ancient people wore it to ward off illness. Commonly called 佩蘭 (wearing orchid). That produced in Lingling County, Hunan is most famous. Therefore also called 零陵香 (Lingling fragrance). | Gentle and warm. Such as Shun's qin song "The south wind is gentle." This is the meaning. | To burn or scorch. Such as saying 勢利薰心 (scorched by power and profit). Meaning being zealous for profit like fire scorching. Also 薰籠 (incense burner) is abbreviated as 薰. Such as 宮薰 (palace incense burner).

  • Onyomi

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    kun(クン) クン

  • Kunyomi

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    kao.ru(かお-る) かお-る

    kaori(かお-り) かお-り

    kaorigusa(かおりぐさ) かおりぐさ

  • Strokes

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    17 strokes

  • Radical

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    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    fragrant perfume influence herbs incense inspire smolder uplift fragrance aroma bouquet essence pleasant potpourri scent smoke

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