"香" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. Tags: grade-4-kanji, kanji, no-gloss
    Sense id: en-香-ja-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Grade 4 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Derived forms: 香気 (kōki) (ruby: (こう), ()), 香具師 (kōgushi), 香具師 (yashi), 香水 (kōsui) (ruby: (こう), (すい)), 香草 (kōsō) (ruby: (こう), (そう)), 香道 (kōdō) (ruby: (こう), (どう)), 香箱 (kōbako) (ruby: (こう), (ばこ)), 香木 (kōboku) (ruby: (こう), (ぼく)), 香料 (kōryō) (ruby: (こう), (りょう)), 香炉 (kōro) (ruby: (こう), ()), 香車 (kyōsha) (ruby: (きょう), (しゃ)), 茴香 (uikyō) (ruby: (うい), (きょう))

Noun

IPA: [ka̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), ka [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-noun|か}} 香(か) • (ka)
  1. a pleasant smell; a scent, a fragrance, an aroma Categories (topical): Smell Derived forms: 香る (kaoru) (ruby: (かお)), 香り (kaori) (ruby: (かお))
    Sense id: en-香-ja-noun-YKIA49OA Disambiguation of Smell: 0 92 4 4 Categories (other): Japanese heteronyms, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese heteronyms: 0 46 43 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 43 35 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [kʲo̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (きょう)), kyō [romanization], kyau [romanization], きやう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 香 (MC xjang). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|香}} 香 (MC xjang) Head templates: {{ja-noun|きょう|hhira=きやう}} 香(きょう) • (kyō) ^(←きやう (kyau)?)
  1. Clipping of 香車 (kyōsha, “incense chariot”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: 香車 (extra: kyōsha, “incense chariot”)
    Sense id: en-香-ja-noun-GEv5jbET Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese heteronyms, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 40 51 9 Disambiguation of Japanese heteronyms: 0 46 43 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 37 52 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 37 52 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 43 35 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 37 53 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ko̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (こう)), [romanization], kau [romanization], かう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 香 (MC xjang). The goon reading, so likely an earlier borrowing. Compare Vietnamese hương (“fragrance; incense”). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=こう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|香}} 香 (MC xjang), {{glink/ja|goon}} goon, {{cog|vi|hương||fragrance; incense}} Vietnamese hương (“fragrance; incense”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|こう|hist=かう}} 香(こう) • (kō) ^(←かう (kau)?)
  1. incense Synonyms: 御香
    Sense id: en-香-ja-noun-ZWUioDqG Categories (other): Japanese heteronyms, Japanese terms with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese heteronyms: 0 46 43 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 43 35 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

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      "name": "C.E."
    },
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        [
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          "pleasant"
        ],
        [
          "smell",
          "smell"
        ],
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          "scent",
          "scent"
        ],
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          "fragrance",
          "fragrance"
        ],
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          "aroma",
          "aroma"
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      "other": "か"
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    }
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    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
  "word": "香"
}

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    },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "香",
      "ruby": [
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          "香",
          "きょう"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyō",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "きやう",
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  ],
  "head_templates": [
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    {
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        {
          "extra": "kyōsha, “incense chariot”",
          "word": "香車"
        }
      ],
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        "Japanese clippings",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "other": "きょー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "香"
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "香"
      },
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "香",
      "ruby": [
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          "香",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kō",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かう",
      "roman": "kau",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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        {
          "word": "御香"
        }
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "other": "こー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ː]"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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}
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.