Where does “香” come from?

香 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 香.

香 (Japanese): a pleasant smell; a scent, a fragrance, an aroma;...

Definitions

  1. a pleasant smell; a scent, a fragrance, an aroma;...

Ancestry of “香”, step by step

香 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 香

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese香—

via Middle Chinese 香

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese香—

Words derived from “香”

Every word from Old Japanese 香 →