noun, takes genitive case の

  1. perfume, fragrance, aroma, balm, sweet scent.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
芳香 ほうこう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

perfume, balmy, favorable
かおる ホウ かんば.しい (8th, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
incense, smell, perfume
コウ かお.り か (7th, N2)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)