香樟

Cantonese · source Jyutpinghoeng1 zoeng1

Meanings

  1. cinnamon camphora, camphor tree
  2. canohorwood
  3. camphor laurel
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Same syllable, six tones

hoeng香hoeng1fragrant响hoeng2echo向hoeng3to preferhoeng4—hoeng5—hoeng6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: xiang1 zhang1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Mandarin comparison: CC-CEDICT 2026-10-13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source reading differences and six-tone sets: computed by zimai from Unihan 17.0.0 (Unicode License V3).

Exact source record & identity香樟 香樟 [xiang1 zhang1] {hoeng1 zoeng1} /cinnamon camphora, camphor tree / canohorwood / camphor laurel/

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