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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

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
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sun / day / date, day of the month
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Characters with 香 as component

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fragrance / scent / aroma
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Words with 香

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
brown marmorated stinkbug (BMSB)
eloquence that generates perfume (idiom); profound and significant text
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

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