Radical 186, meaning "fragrant", is one of the 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 9 strokes.

← 185 Radical 186 (U+2FB9) 187 →
(U+9999) "fragrant"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:xiāng
Bopomofo:ㄒㄧㄤ
Wade–Giles:hsiang1
Cantonese Yale:heung1
Jyutping:hoeng1
Japanese Kana:コウ kō/ キョウ kyō (on'yomi)
か ka / かお-る kao-ru / かおり kaori (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:향 hyang
Hán-Việt:hương
Names
Japanese name(s):かおり kaori
匂い香/においコウ nioikō
Hangul:향기 hyanggi
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 37 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 183rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

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Derived characters

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Strokes Characters
+0
+4
+5
+7
+8
+9
+10
+11
+12
+14
+18 (=馨)

Kanji

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As an isolated character is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1]

It is one of the 20 kanji added to the Kyoiku kanji that are found in the names of the following prefectures of Japan.[2] It was added because it is a character in (Kagawa).[2]

References

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  1. ^ "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  2. ^ a b "小学校の必修漢字に都道府県名20字追加 20年度にも". 朝日新聞デジタル. 2016-05-18. Archived from the original on 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2016-06-18.

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