Meaning

Perfume, Balmy, Favorable, Fragrant

Readings

Radical

艹 — grass (Kangxi radical #140)

Components

• 艹 (radical)
• 方 — Direction

Example sentences

• 現在のその市の財政は芳しくない。The present state of the city's finances is not good.
• 蓮の花はなんとも言えない芳香をはなっていた。The lotus blossoms diffused an inexpressibly pleasant scent.
• 芳男は反証があるにもかかわらず、そう信じ続けた。Yoshio persisted in believing that in spite of the evidence.

Appears in

Not used as a component of other kanji in this set.