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盛

盛 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. もる。皿に食品を乗せる。
  2. さかえる。さかんになる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「皿」+音符「成」。「もる」「よそおう」を意味する漢語｛盛｝を表す字。のち仮借して「さかん」「ゆたか」を意味する漢語｛盛｝にも用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

boom, prosper, copulate

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セイJHS
  • ジョウHS
Kun (native)
  • も(る)Elem.
  • さか(る)JHS
  • さか(ん)JHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • もり
Other languages
  • 拼音sheng4
  • 拼音cheng2
  • 한글seong
  • Hán-ViệtThịnh
  • Hán-ViệtThình

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
皿(さら)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+76DB

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱成皿

Words using this kanji

  • 盛り込むもりこむ「もりこむ」の漢字表記。to incorporate, to include, to fill (a vessel) with
  • 盛んさかん「さかん」を参照。prosperous, flourishing, thriving, successful
  • 盛りさかり「さかり」の漢字表記。 「もり」の漢字表記。height (e.g. of summer), peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season), (in) season, full bloom
  • 盛況せいきょう催し物などがにぎやかで盛んであること。success, boom, being well-attended (of an event), prosperity
  • 盛るもる「さかる」を参照。 「もる」を参照。to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.), to dish out, to dish up, to fill (a bowl) with
  • 盛大せいだい集会や儀式が大規模に行われること。grand, magnificent, lavish, large scale
  • 盛り上がりもりあがりclimax, uprush, bulge
  • 盛り上げるもりあげるto pile up, to heap up, to stir up, to enliven
  • 盛衰せいすいこととこと。なことと衰えること。繁盛と衰退。 たりたりする。繁盛と衰退を繰り返す。rise and fall, ups and downs, welfare, vicissitudes
  • 盛り上がるもりあがる「もりあがる」の漢字表記。to swell, to rise, to bulge, to be piled up
  • 盛り付けもりつけarrangement of food (on a dish), serving of (arranged) food
  • 盛期せいき勢いが盛んな時期。prosperous period
  • 盛り場さかりばbusy place, busy street, place that's always bustling with people, amusement quarters
  • 盛時せいじ血気盛んな時期、年頃。 国運やある組織の勢力などが盛んな時期。prime of life, era of national prosperity
  • 盛り土もりど「盛土（もりど）」および「もりつち」を参照。embankment (for road, railway, etc.), raising the ground level, fill
  • 盛夏せいか夏の一番暑い時期。真夏。midsummer, height of summer
  • 盛り返すもりかえすto rally, to make a comeback
  • 盛会せいかい盛大な会合。successful meeting
  • 盛り付けるもりつけるto dish up, to arrange (food) on a plate
  • 盛りもり「さかり」の漢字表記。 「もり」の漢字表記。serving (of food), helping, chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-5
Four Corner
5310.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5h6.1
Heisig
1567
Nelson
3116