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Kotomora

芳

perfume, balmy, favorable, fragrant

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes7

Readings

On'yomi

  • ホウ

Kun'yomi

  • かんば.しい

Nanori

  • お
  • かおる
  • は
  • ほ

Meaning

芳 centers on a pleasant, spreading scent: something fragrant, balmy, or perfumed. The favorable sense extends naturally from the idea of a sweet, agreeable aroma that leaves a good impression.

Most common words using 芳

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  • 芳香ほうこう

    perfume; fragrance; aroma; balm; sweet scent

  • 芳しいかんばしい

    sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic

  • 芳樹ほうじゅ

    beautiful tree; tree producing beautiful flowers

  • 芳醇ほうじゅん

    mellow (flavor or fragrance, esp. alcohol); rich; full-bodied; superior

  • 蘇芳すおう

    sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan)

  • 芳しくないかんばしくない
    N1

    poor; not satisfactory; undesirable; unfavourable; unfavorable; disgraceful

  • メビウス芳香族性メビウスほうこうぞくせい

    Möbius aromaticity

  • 余芳よほう

    lingering fragrance; continuing fame (after death)

  • 多環芳香族炭化水素たかんほうこうぞくたんかすいそ

    polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; PAH

  • 峰蘇芳みねずおう

    alpine azalea (Kalmia procumbens); trailing azalea

  • 来客芳名録らいきゃくほうめいろく

    guest book

  • 栴檀は双葉より芳しせんだんはふたばよりかんばし

    genius shows from childhood; the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout

  • 花蘇芳はなずおう

    Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)

  • 芳信ほうしん

    letter

  • 芳名ほうめい

    your name

  • 芳名帳ほうめいちょう

    visitors' book; guest book

  • 芳名録ほうめいろく

    visitors' book

  • 芳墨ほうぼく

    scented India ink; fragrant sumi

  • 芳心ほうしん

    kind intentions

  • 芳志ほうし

    (your) kindness

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Etymology

芳 combines 艹 (grass) with 方, which likely contributes the sound. The character originally referred to fragrant plants or herbs.

Meaning mnemonic

The grass crown 艹 sits above 方, like fragrant herbs growing in a square garden. The scent rises from the plants, making the air balmy and favorable.

Reading mnemonic

For ホウ, imagine a whole garden of fragrant herbs: the word 'whole' sounds like ホウ, and the entire garden is filled with perfume.