Mnemonic comic for 香

Translation

xia̅ng = xi + ang1: fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根[gen1]

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol from 香草, spices. Just as the sun (日) is not looking Xi Shi (xi) plays a prank on her in front of the anglepod (ang1) and puts spices (香) in her bowl of cereals (禾).

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香 character breakdown

香
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗
- 禾
  - 丿
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

Add a new mnemonic for 日 = 囗 + 一

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

Add a new mnemonic for 日 = 囗 + 一

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

hé = h + e2

cereal / grain

Add a new mnemonic for 禾 = 丿 + 木

禾 = 丿 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a bowl of cereals.

Hamlet (h) made himself a bowl of cereals (禾) with bananas (丿) and Christmas trees (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He holds the bowl of cereals like he would hold Yorick's skull.

Characters with 香 as component

xi̅n = xi + (e)n1

fragrant

Add a new mnemonic for 馨 = 殸 + 香

fù = fu + Ø4

fragrance / scent / aroma

Add a new mnemonic for 馥 = 香 + 复

bì = bi + Ø4

fragrance

Add a new mnemonic for 馝 = 香 + 必

fe̅i = f + ei1

fragrant

Add a new mnemonic for 馡 = 香 + 非

yǎn = y + an3

fragrant odor

Add a new mnemonic for 馣 = 香 + 奄

warm and fragrant

Add a new mnemonic for 黁 = 麻 + 香

Words with 香

chewing gum

lilac (Syringia vulgaris) / clove (Eugenia aromatica)

popular / in demand / well regarded

fragrant / delicious

frankincense

five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)

interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)

national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty

see 香噴噴|香喷喷[xiang1 pen1 pen1]

lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering / secret illicit sex

Chinese anise / star anise / Fructus Anisi Stellati

five-spice powder

brown marmorated stinkbug (BMSB)

eloquence that generates perfume (idiom); profound and significant text

Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom) / fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first

(slang) would be better (abbr. for 這錢買排骨它不香嗎|这钱买排骨它不香吗[zhe4 qian2 mai3 pai2 gu3 ta1 bu4 xiang1 ma5] for that money, a pork cutlet would be more appetizing, would it not?)

lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well

orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) / "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt

Tower of Buddhist Incense in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing

Sentences with 香

香 currently does not appear in any sentence.