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Kanji Detail for 茂 - "overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant"

茂

  • Meaning

    茂 means "overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant."

    1. To flourish - For plants to grow vigorously.

    2. Prosperous - Abundant; plentiful.

    3. Excellent - Splendid; beautiful.

    4. To strive - To endeavor; to make effort.

  • Tattoo check: 茂

    • Verified meaning: overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しげ, しげかつ, しげじ, しげつぐ)

    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 茂

    Given names 茂(しげ)Listen 茂(しげる)Listen 茂(つとむ)Listen

    Surnames 茂(しげかつ)Listen 茂(しげじ)Listen 茂(しげつぐ)Listen 茂(しげのり)Listen 茂(しげみ)Listen 茂(しげむね)Listen 茂(しげゆき)Listen 茂(しげり)Listen 茂(はやし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    overgrown; grow thick; be luxuriant

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    thick, lush, dense; talented

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    luxuriant; (chemistry) cyclopentadiene

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    thick, lush, dense; talented

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

    Plants flourishing. Such as saying 竹苞松茂 (bamboo clusters and pines flourishing). Based on (Book of Odes). Now calling all flourishing enterprises 茂. | Beautiful. Such as 茂才 (talented person). Meaning a person of fine talent. Below is from 戊 in 戊己.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    mo(モ) モ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    shige.ru(しげ-る) しげ-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    to flourish prosperous excellent diligent thriving lush abundant exuberant fertile flourishing grow luxuriant productive rich teeming verdant

Sentences including 茂

  • The young leaves are lush.

  • Ill weeds are sure to thrive.

  • The cat lay hidden in the bushes.

  • Dense bushes concealed him.

  • The garden was grown over with weeds.

  • The park is well wooded.

  • Something is moving behind the bush.

  • The trees have exuberant foliage.

  • A dense hedge surrounded the garden.

  • Out of the bushes jumped a rabbit.

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