香

xiāng

fragrant

sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick; CL:根[gen1]

Grain (禾) + sun (日) = fragrant, warm aroma

Grain (禾) ripening under the sun (日) releases its warm, toasted aroma — the smell of harvest in full light. This pairing captures fragrance as something naturally produced by heat and growth.

禾+日→香
日The sunSemantic
禾GrainSemantic

这锅汤闻起来很香。

zhè guō tāng wén qǐ lái hěn xiāng。

This pot of soup smells very savory.

她昨晚睡得很香,今天精神好多了。

tā zuó wǎn shuì de hěn xiāng,jīn tiān jīng shén hǎo duō le。

She slept very soundly last night, and today she feels much better.

Words with 香

香茅

xiāng máo

lemongrass (Cymbopogon)

香甜

xiāng tián

fragrant and sweet

焚香

fén xiāng

to burn incense

香菜

xiāng cài

coriander

紫丁香

zǐ dīng xiāng

lilac

香港大学

xiāng gǎng dà xué

The University of Hong Kong

香炉

xiāng lú

a censer (for burning incense)

香烟

xiāng yān

smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line

真香

zhēn xiāng

awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014)

香油

xiāng yóu

sesame oil

丁香

dīng xiāng

lilac (Syringa spp)

香格里拉

xiāng gé lǐ lā

Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon"; a paradise on earth

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