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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blunt-lobed spice bush (Lindera obtusiloba)

芳香

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きだちひゃくりこう

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楓子香

ふうしこう

galbanum (gum resin from fennel)

源氏香

げんじこう

Genjiko

異香

いこう

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)

蚊取線香

かとりせんこう

mosquito coil

我毛香

われもこう

great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis)

甘松香

あままつこう

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