薰

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 14
Total Strokes: 17
Variants: 薫

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xūn
Cantonese: fan1
JapaneseKun: KAORU KAORIGUSA KAORI
JapaneseOn: KUN
Korean: HWUN

Dictionary definitions

TaoTao-Project: Dipteryx odorata (Aubl.)Willd.;fragrant medicinal plant also known as Coumarouna odorata/tetraphylla

Unicode: a medicinal herb; to cauterize

CE-Dict: sweet-smelling grass/Coumarouna odorata/tonka beans/coumarin

Soothill: A fragrant plant which expels noxious influences; vāsanā (वासना), perfume, fumigate, becloud.

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》薰香艸也。从艸熏聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】薰
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤許云切，音勲。【說文】香草也。【本草註】古人祓除，以此草薰之，故謂之薰。【山海經】浮山有草焉，名曰薰草，佩之巳厲。【左傳·僖四年】一薰一蕕。【前漢·兩龔傳】薰以香自燒。　又【南方草木狀】薰陸香出大秦。　又灼也。【易·艮卦】厲薰心。【爾雅·釋訓】爞爞炎炎，薰也。【註】皆旱熱薰炙人。　又與獯通。【史記·周本紀】薰育戎狄攻之。　又與勳通。【漢·夏承碑】策薰著于王室。　又【韻補】音萱。【黃庭經】沐浴盛潔棄肥薰，入室東向誦玉篇。　又許運切，音訓。義同。
考證：〔【漢·夏承碑】帶薰著于王室。〕　謹照原文帶改策。

Buddhism words and phrases (term) perfumate, permeate, impregnate; suffuse

CF-Dict: plantes aromatiques

Han-De-Dict: duften, riechen [ auch 熏, 燻 ] (u.E.) (V)/etw. räuchern [ auch 熏, 燻 ] (u.E.) (V, Ess)/verräuchern, ausgasen, desinfizieren [ auch 熏, 燻 ] (u.E.) (V)/Xun (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)

Finnish: tuoksutonkapuu (Dipteryx odorata (Aubl.)Willd.), tonkapuu