香り
かおり · kaori · JLPT N3 · noun
olfactory property
🌸☕ 香り = noun form of 香る (kaoru), to smell sweet; 香 = scent, incense
The verb 香る (kaoru) means to give off a pleasant smell, and its stem form 香り names the smell itself. The kanji 香 alone means incense or perfume. Kaori is also a common girl's name meaning fragrance.
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'.