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Kanji Detail for 滋 - "to nourish, to grow"

滋

  • Meaning

    滋 means "to nourish, to grow." Also associated with rich.

    1. Nourish - To provide sustenance.

    2. Grow - To increase; to flourish.

    3. Rich - Full of nutrients.

    4. More - Increasingly; even more.

  • Tattoo check: 滋

    • Verified meaning: to nourish, to grow
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read うるお, しげ, しげし, しげる)
    • Also carries these associations: rich

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 滋

    Given names 滋(うるお)Listen 滋(しげ)Listen 滋(しげし)Listen 滋(しげる)Listen

    Surnames 滋(まさ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    nourishing; more & more; be luxuriant; planting; turbidity

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    grow, multiply, increase; thrive

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to grow; to nourish; to increase; to cause; juice; taste; (dialect) to spout; to spurt

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to grow, to nourish; to multiply, to thrive

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To increase. (Mencius) "The disciples' confusion increases even more." Meaning the doubt becomes even greater. | To grow. 發榮滋長 refers to the flourishing of plants and trees. | To moisten. As in 雨露滋培 (nurtured by rain and dew). | Flavor. Refers to the nutrients contained in food and its seasoning.

  • Onyomi

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    ji(ジ) ジ

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

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    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    to nourish to grow rich more flourish flavor taste abundance abundant development energy health nutrition plentiful prosper

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