香蕉
xiāngjiāo · HSK 3
banana
🍌 香 (fragrant) + 蕉 (banana plant) = the fragrant plantain fruit
香 means fragrant or aromatic; 蕉 refers to broad-leafed plants like the banana plant. Together they name the sweet-smelling yellow fruit. The 艹 radical on top of 蕉 marks it as plant-related.
香 — grain 禾 over sun 日 (originally 甘 'sweet')
Originally an ideograph showing grain (禾) over a vessel of sweet/savory taste (甘), depicting the aroma of cooked millet. Over time the lower 甘 was simplified to 日. The character broadened from 'fragrance of grain' to any pleasant smell, and by extension 'incense' and 'delicious'.