芳 (balmy, favorable, fragrant, perfume) - Kanji Codex

芳

balmy, favorable, fragrant, perfume

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ホウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

かんば.しい

Nanori (名乗り)

おかおるはほみちやすよし

Stroke Order

7 / 7

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:7

JLPT:1

Frequency:1302

Vocabulary

ホウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
芳香	ホウコウ	perfume; fragrance; aroma; balm; sweet scent
遺芳	イホウ	memory or autograph of deceased
芳紀	ホウキ	age of a young lady who is at the peak of her (sexual) attractiveness; marriageable age (of a young lady); sweet sixteen
芳志	ホウシ	(your) kindness
芳名	ホウメイ	your name; one's good name; one's good reputation

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
芳ばしい	こうばしい	aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
芳しい	かんばしい	sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
芳しくない	かんばしくない	poor; not satisfactory; undesirable; unfavourable; unfavorable; disgraceful
蘇芳	すおう	sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan); sappanwood dye (red in colour); layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)
蘇芳	スオウ	sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan); sappanwood dye (red in colour); layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)

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