| Uni: | 9999 |
| Meaning: | fragrant |
| Pny: | xiāng |
| Bopo: | ㄒㄧㄤ |
| Wade: | hsiang1 |
| Jyutping: | hoeng1 |
| Yale: | heung1 |
| Onyomi: | コウ kō/ キョウ kyō |
| Kunyomi: | か ka / かお-る kao-ru / かおり kaori |
| Jp: | かおり kaori 匂い香/においコウ nioikō |
| Hang: | 향기 hyanggi |
| Hanja: | 향 hyang |
| Hanviet: | hương |
Radical 186, meaning "fragrant", is one of the 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 9 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 37 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
is also the 183rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
| Strokes | Characters | |
|---|---|---|
| +0 | ||
| +4 | ||
| +5 | ||
| +7 | ||
| +8 | ||
| +9 | ||
| +10 | ||
| +11 | ||
| +12 | ||
| +14 | ||
| +18 | (=馨) |
As an isolated character is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1]
It is one of the 20 kanji added to the Kyoiku kanji that are found in the names of the following prefectures of Japan.[2] It was added because it is a character in 香 (Kagawa).