薫 — send forth fragrance, fragrant, be scented

かおる薫 send forth fragrance

かおる

U+85AB Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1849 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1812 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

send forth fragrance
fragrant
be scented
smoke

Readings

On'yomi: くん kun
Kun'yomi: かお kao

word

かおる kaoru

薫(かおる) kaoru fragrance

Words by frequency and grade

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Each dot is a word containing 薫: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

艹 grass

じゅう重 heavy

灬 fire dots

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#140 艸 grass