馨

馨 U+99A8, 馨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-99A8 ← 馧 [U+99A7] CJK Unified Ideographs 馩 → [U+99A9]

馨 (Kangxi radical 186, 香+11, 20 strokes, cangjie input 土水竹木日 (GEHDA), four-corner 4760₉, composition ⿱殸香)

1. fragrant, aromatic

• 𧅥

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1429, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44559
• Dae Jaweon: page 1956, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4425, character 8
• Unihan data for U+99A8

trad.		馨
simp. #		馨
alternative forms		䅽 馫 𡄈 𪐕

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰeːŋ) : phonetic 殸 (OC *kʰreːŋ, *kʰeːŋs) + semantic 香 (“sweet”).

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馨

1. (literary) spread out fragrance; fragrant
2. (literary, figurative) widespread renown and reputation

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04618
• “馨”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. fragrant
2. balmy
3. favourable

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)
• Kan-on: けい (kei)
• Kun: かおる (kaoru, 馨る)

馨(かおる) • (Kaoru) 

1. a unisex given name

馨 (eumhun 꽃다울 형 (kkotdaul hyeong))
馨 (eumhun 향기 형 (hyanggi hyeong))

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馨: Hán Nôm readings: hinh, hanh, hênh

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