馨 · Cai Yong
馨 (xīn, 1st tone) names not the scent but its reach. 說文·香部: 馨，香之遠聞者。从香殸聲。殸，籒文磬 — ‘the fragrance heard from far off’; the phonetic 殸 is the archaic graph for 磬, the hanging stone chime, so a sound that travels is built into a word about smel $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart