"馨" meaning in Japanese

See 馨 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

  1. fragrant Tags: Jinmeiyō, kanji
    Sense id: en-馨-ja-character-DhOBV-~j Categories (other): Japanese jinmeiyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese jinmeiyō kanji: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 31 29 29 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 62 22 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 89 11 0
  2. balmy Tags: Jinmeiyō, kanji
    Sense id: en-馨-ja-character-AssvqKZb Categories (other): Japanese jinmeiyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese jinmeiyō kanji: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 31 29 29 11
  3. favourable Tags: Jinmeiyō, kanji
    Sense id: en-馨-ja-character-5csqERNF Categories (other): Japanese jinmeiyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese jinmeiyō kanji: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese kanji: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 31 29 29 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 素馨 (sokei) (ruby: 素(そ), 馨(けい)) (english: Spanish jasmine)

Proper name

IPA: [ka̠o̞ɾɯ̟] Forms: 馨 [canonical] (ruby: 馨(かおる)), Kaoru [romanization]
Etymology: From the verb 馨(かお)る (kaoru, “to be fragrant”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|馨る|かおる|to be fragrant}} 馨(かお)る (kaoru, “to be fragrant”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|かおる}} 馨(かおる) • (Kaoru)
  1. a unisex given name
    Sense id: en-馨-ja-name-NHbuMNUu Categories (other): Japanese female given names, Japanese given names, Japanese male given names, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese unisex given names, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 17 11 10 2 2 0 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 11 10 2 2 0 59 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 4 86 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 13 5 3 79 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 2 0 97 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 21 0 0 79 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 31 29 29 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 5 2 0 93 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 5 4 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 1 0 87
     
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Spanish jasmine",
      "roman": "sokei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "素",
          "そ"
        ],
        [
          "馨",
          "けい"
        ]
      ],
      "translation": "Spanish jasmine",
      "word": "素馨"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese jinmeiyō kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 29 29 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 22 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fragrant"
      ],
      "id": "en-馨-ja-character-DhOBV-~j",
      "links": [
        [
          "fragrant",
          "fragrant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jinmeiyō",
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese jinmeiyō kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 29 29 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "balmy"
      ],
      "id": "en-馨-ja-character-AssvqKZb",
      "links": [
        [
          "balmy",
          "balmy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jinmeiyō",
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese jinmeiyō kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 29 29 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "favourable"
      ],
      "id": "en-馨-ja-character-5csqERNF",
      "links": [
        [
          "favourable",
          "favourable"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jinmeiyō",
        "kanji"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "馨"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "馨る",
        "2": "かおる",
        "3": "to be fragrant"
      },
      "expansion": "馨(かお)る (kaoru, “to be fragrant”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the verb 馨(かお)る (kaoru, “to be fragrant”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "馨",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馨",
          "かおる"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaoru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper",
        "2": "かおる"
      },
      "expansion": "馨(かおる) • (Kaoru)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese female given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 11 10 2 2 0 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 11 10 2 2 0 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 4 86",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 5 3 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 0 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 0 0 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 29 29 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 2 0 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 5 4 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 1 0 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a unisex given name"
      ],
      "id": "en-馨-ja-name-NHbuMNUu",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠o̞ɾɯ̟]"
    },
    {
      "other": "かおる"
    }
  ],
  "word": "馨"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese jinmeiyō kanji",
    "Japanese kanji",
    "Japanese kanji with goon reading きょう",
    "Japanese kanji with kan'on reading けい",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading かお・る",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese proper nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 馨",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 馨 read as かお",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Spanish jasmine",
      "roman": "sokei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "素",
          "そ"
        ],
        [
          "馨",
          "けい"
        ]
      ],
      "translation": "Spanish jasmine",
      "word": "素馨"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fragrant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fragrant",
          "fragrant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jinmeiyō",
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "balmy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "balmy",
          "balmy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jinmeiyō",
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "favourable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "favourable",
          "favourable"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jinmeiyō",
        "kanji"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "馨"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese proper nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 馨",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 馨 read as かお",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "馨る",
        "2": "かおる",
        "3": "to be fragrant"
      },
      "expansion": "馨(かお)る (kaoru, “to be fragrant”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the verb 馨(かお)る (kaoru, “to be fragrant”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "馨",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馨",
          "かおる"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaoru",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper",
        "2": "かおる"
      },
      "expansion": "馨(かおる) • (Kaoru)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese female given names",
        "Japanese given names",
        "Japanese male given names",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese unisex given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a unisex given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠o̞ɾɯ̟]"
    },
    {
      "other": "かおる"
    }
  ],
  "word": "馨"
}

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