JLPT N1 • KANJI

fragrance

Practice Question

🎉 Explanation

English Explanation

芳香 (ほうこう) uses the on'yomi 芳 (ホウ) for fragrant and 香 (コウ) for aroma. Both denote pleasant smells. こうほう reverses the kanji order, while ほうこうう is redundant, and ほうこい misreads 香. It refers to a pleasant, often strong, natural fragrance, aroma, or perfume.

日本語解説

芳香(ほうこう)は両漢字とも音読み。芳(ホウ)は「かんばしい」、香(コウ)は「かおり」の意味。こうほうは漢字の順序が逆、ほうこい・ほうこううは香の誤読です。心地よい、良い香りを指します。

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