Where does “” come from?

香 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 香.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “”, step by step

traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese

via Middle Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese

Words derived from “

Every word from Old Japanese
香 — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer