Kanji Detail for 薈 - "lush, thicket, obstruct"

薈

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
薈 means "lush, thicket, obstruct."
1. Lush - For plants to grow thickly.
2. Thicket - A clump of grass.
3. Obstruct - To cover over.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

luxuriant vegetation

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

luxuriant, flourishing, abundant

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to flourish; luxuriant growth

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

abundant, flourishing

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

The appearance of plants and trees growing in clusters. Also used for the meaning of people and things gathering. Such as saying 人文薈萃 (gathering of culture and talents). | The appearance of rising up. The Book of Odes says "薈兮蔚兮" (rising and lush). Referring to clouds rising.
Onyomi

kai(かい)

wai(わい)
Kunyomi

kusamura(くさむら)

oo.u(おおう)

shige.ru(しげる)
Strokes

19 strokes
Radical

艸艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)
Related Keywords
lush plants grow thickly thicket clump grass obstruct cover