香 means “fragrance, scent, incense”

かおり · kaori

Also: smell, perfume

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

か, かおり, かおる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コウ, キョウ

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The story

Grain (禾) warming in the sun (日): picture the sweet smell of a ripe harvest. 香り is a fragrance, 線香 the incense sticks lit at graves and home altars, and 香港, Hong Kong, is written fragrant harbor.

Used in 香り (kaori, fragrance), 香水 (kousui, perfume), and 線香 (senkou, incense stick)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.