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芳 — Perfume

JLPT N17 strokesSecondary school#1302 most used
perfume, balmy, favorable, fragrant
On’yomiホウ (hou)
Kun’yomiかんばしい (kanbashii)

Stroke order (7 strokes)

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Common words using 芳

WordReadingMeaning
芳香ほうこう
houkou
perfume; fragrance; aroma
芳しいかんばしい
kanbashii
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic

Study notes

芳 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1302 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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