茂 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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

menu_bookMeaning

overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• モJHS

Kun (native)

• しげ(る)JHS

Nanori (used in names)

• うむさ
• き
• し
• つとむ
• む
• もて

Other languages

• 拼音mao4
• 한글mu
• Hán-ViệtMậu

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

infoBasics

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

艸(くさ)

JIS level

Level 1

JLPT (old scale)

Level 1

Unicode

U+8302

grid_viewComponents

• ノ
• 艹くさかんむり
• 戈ほこ

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹戊

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 茂るしげる「しげる」の漢字表記。to grow thickly, to be in full leaf, to be rampant, to luxuriate
• 茂みしげみ「しげみ」の漢字表記。thicket, bush, coppice, brushwood
• 茂林もりんluxuriant (dense) forest
• 茂りしげりgrowing thick

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(8 results)

infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-3-5

Four Corner

4425.3

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3k5.7

Heisig

384

Nelson

3915