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香 — fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic

fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing

Pinyin
xiāng
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

How to write 香: 9 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

香 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 香 in the HSK syllabus: 7

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 香蕉xiāngjiāobananaHSK 3
  2. 香xiāngfragrant; sweet smelling; aromaticHSK 4
  3. 香肠xiāngchángsausageHSK 6
  4. 香水xiāngshuǐperfume; cologneHSK 6
  5. 口香糖kǒuxiāngtángchewing gumHSK 7–9
  6. 香料xiāngliàospice; flavoring; condiment; perfumeHSK 7–9
  7. 香油xiāngyóusesame oil; perfumed oilHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.