Chinese symbol for “incense”
熏香
xūn xiāng
incense
The closest CC-CEDICT match for incense is 熏香 (xūn xiāng), defined as: incense.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “incense”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 熏香.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 熏陶 (薰陶) | xūn táo | to seep in; to influence |
| 烟熏 (煙燻) | yān xūn | smoke; to fumigate |
| 熏肉 (燻肉) | xūn ròu | bacon |
| 熏蒸 (燻蒸) | xūn zhēng | (of sultry weather) to be stifling; (TCM) to treat a disease with fumes generated by burning medicinal herbs or with steam generated by boil |
| 利欲熏心 (利慾薰心) | lì yù xūn xīn | blinded by greed (idiom) |
| 熏染 | xūn rǎn | to exert a gradual influence; to nurture |
| 香蕉 | xiāng jiāo | banana; measure word: 根 (gēn), 把 (bǎ) |
| 香烟 (香煙) | xiāng yān | smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支 (zhī),条 (tiáo),根 (gēn),包 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “incense”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.