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xiāng — fragrant

9 strokes · radical 香 · HSK 3

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Where it comes from

Grain, 禾, over a sun or a mouth depending on the era — the smell of cooked millet. It names good smells generally, and it is the 香 in 香港, Hong Kong, "fragrant harbour".

Words it turns up in

香味

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