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香 (xiāng): meaning and stroke order

香 (xiāng) means fragrant, sweet smelling, aromatic, savory or appetizing, (to eat) with relish.

香

Simplified
香
Traditional
香 (same form)
Pinyin
xiāng

Stroke order of 香

香

  • xiāng fragrant; sweet smelling
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 香

  1. xiāng
    • fragrant
    • sweet smelling
    • aromatic
    • savory or appetizing
    • (to eat) with relish
    • (of sleep) sound
    • perfume or spice
    • joss or incense stick
    • CL:根[gen1]

Radical and structure

香
Radical 香 (Kangxi radical 186) · 9 strokes · 禾 on top, 日 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

香 in our stories

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  • 露西吃了一口，又辣又香。

    Lùxī chī le yì kǒu yòu là yòu xiāng

    Lucy tries a bite: spicy and fragrant.

    From the story "Husband and wife lung slices" HSK 3

  • 可奇怪的是，两个月以后，她能一口气跑十五公里了，而且晚上睡得比以前香多了。

    kě qíguài de shì liǎng gè yuè yǐhòu tā néng yìkǒuqì pǎo shíwǔ gōnglǐ le érqiě wǎnshang shuì de bǐ yǐqián xiāng duō le

    Yet strangely, two months later she could run fifteen kilometres in one go, and she slept far better than before.

    From the story The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9

  • 这就是后来的“东坡肉”。一个刚刚从死亡边缘回来的人，却有心情研究怎么把肉炖得更香，这本身就很了不起。

    zhè jiùshì hòulái de dōngpōròu yí gè gānggāng cóng sǐwáng biānyuán huílai de rén què yǒu xīnqíng yánjiū zěnme bǎ ròu dùn de gèng xiāng zhè běnshēn jiù hěn liǎobuqǐ

    This became what is later known as Dongpo pork. That a man just back from the brink of death had the heart to study how to make stewed pork tastier is remarkable in itself.

    From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 香

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).