Form Database
12 Chinese incense forms — sticks, coils, cones, powder, pills, beads, and prepared low-smoke / smokeless categories — as DefinedTerm entities.
Fields per entity: termCode · name · alternateName (Chinese, pinyin) · description · additionalProperty (Form / Construction / Burn time / Intensity / Use case) · sources (Source Objects, where a source page exists).
| termCode | Name | Form |
|---|---|---|
| stick | Incense Stick (线香) | stick |
| coil | Incense Coil (盘香) | coil |
| cone | Incense Cone (塔香) | cone / tower |
| backflow-cone | Backflow Cone (倒流香) | backflow cone |
| powder | Incense Powder (香粉) | powder |
| pill | Incense Pill (香丸) | pill / pellet |
| cake | Incense Cake (香饼) | cake (unverified) |
| plaque | Incense Plaque (香牌) | plaque (unverified) |
| bead | Incense Bead (香珠) | bead / aromatherapy bead |
| bamboo-core-stick | Bamboo-Core Stick (竹签香) | bamboo-core stick |
| low-smoke | Low-Smoke Incense (微烟香) | low-smoke |
| smokeless | Smokeless Incense (无烟香) | smokeless |
Context on the main site: https://incenseherbs.com/blog/which-incense-format/