HSK 4 · Adjectives

香 xiāng “fragrant” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 香 means

  1. fragrant
  2. sweet smelling
  3. aromatic
  4. savory or appetising
  5. (to eat) with relish
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (of sleep) sound

Measure word 根 gēn · 一根香 yì gēn xiāng

How to say 香

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale香xiāng1st tone, high and level

香 in a sentence

  1. 你好香。

    Nǐ hǎo xiāng.

    You smell nice.

    Sentence #13663198 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 香 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 香 (xiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
香xiāngfragrant
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 日sun · rì

How to write 香

香 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

香 (xiāng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 香 (xiāng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 香

Words with 香

香蕉xiāngjiāo · banana香肠xiāngcháng · sausage

More words: Adjectives

帅shuài · handsome顺利shùnlì · smoothly特点tèdiǎn · characteristic (feature)危险wēixiǎn · danger相同xiāngtóng · the same详细xiángxì · detailed严格yángé · strict严重yánzhòng · grave

FAQs

香 (xiāng) means “fragrant” or “sweet smelling”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it xiāng: xiāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 香 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 根 (gēn). For example, one fragrant is 一根香 (yì gēn xiāng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 香 from the suggestions. Typing xiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
香 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.