Kanji Detail for 馨 - "fragrant, aroma"

馨

Jinmeiyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning

馨 means "fragrant, aroma."
1. Fragrant - Sweet-smelling; aromatic; pleasant scent.
2. Aroma - A pleasant fragrance; good smell.
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- Verified meaning: fragrant, aroma
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read いわお, かおり, かおる, かをり)
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Name readings of 馨

Given names 馨(いわお) 馨(かおり) 馨(かおる) 馨(けい) 馨(じんけい) 馨(はじめ)

Surnames 馨(かをり) 馨(きょう) 馨(けいじ)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

fragrant; balmy; favourable

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

fragrant, aromatic; distant fragrance

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

fragrant

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

fragrant, aromatic

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

A fragrance that spreads far. Things that leave a good reputation for a long time are also called 馨. | An ancient grammatical particle. 寧馨兒 means "that child." Found in the "Book of Jin."
Onyomi

kei(ケイ)

kyoh(キョウ)
Kunyomi

kao.ru(かお-る)

kaori(かお-り)
Strokes

20 strokes
Radical

香 (kaori・ka)
Related Keywords

fragrant aroma fragrance scent sweet-smelling perfume bouquet essence pleasant bloom flower