Word Meaning 檀香

だんこう dankou

檀香 is read as だんこう (dankou) and means Indian sandalwood (Santalum album).

Meaning

English

  1. Indian sandalwood (Santalum album)

Reading

Kana

だんこう

Romaji

dankou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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だんこうばい

blunt-lobed spice bush (Lindera obtusiloba)

芳香

ほうこう

perfume

楓子香

ふうしこう

galbanum (gum resin from fennel)

源氏香

げんじこう

Genjiko

異香

いきょう

great fragrance

遺香

いこう

lingering odor of giver (clothes, etc.) (odour)

小川小抹香

おがわこまっこう

dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima)

蚊取り線香

かとりせんこう

mosquito coil

甘松香

かんしょうこう

spikenard (essential oil, perfume)

反魂香

はんごんこう

incense which supposedly allows the spirit of a departed loved one to be seen in the smoke

線香

せんこう

incense stick