Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1302 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: perfume, balmy, favorable, fragrant

Kunyomi: かんば.しい

Onyomi: ホウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: grass

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ホウコウ perfume, fragrance, aroma, balm, sweet scent

ホウイン Chinese poem, poem, rhyme

イホウ memory or autograph of deceased

ヨホウ lingering fragrance, continuing fame (after death)

Kunyomi Examples

しい かんばしい sweet-smelling, fragrant, aromatic, good (reputation, condition, results, etc.), favorable