芳
芳 — Perfume
perfume, balmy, favorable, fragrant
On’yomiホウ (hou)
Kun’yomiかんばしい (kanbashii)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 芳
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芳香 | ほうこう houkou | perfume; fragrance; aroma |
| 芳しい | かんばしい kanbashii | sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic |
Study notes
芳 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1302 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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