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Kanji Detail for 繁 - "to flourish, prosperous, busy"

繁

  • Meaning

    繁 means "to flourish, prosperous, busy."

    1. To flourish - To grow thick; multiply; thrive.

    2. Prosperous - Flourishing; thriving.

  • Words using 繁

    • 繁栄 はんえい Listen prosperity; thriving; flourishing
    • 頻繁 ひんぱん Listen frequent; incessant
    • 繁華街 はんかがい Listen business district; shopping district; bustling street
    • 繁盛 はんじょう Listen prosperity; flourishing; thriving

  • Four-character idioms with 繁

    • 商売繁盛 しょうばいはんじょう Listen thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business
    • 御用繁多 ごようはんた Listen being busy with many things; extreme busyness due to pressure of business
    • 繁文縟礼 はんぶんじょくれい Listen red-tapism

  • Origin of 繁

    糸, thread, with 敏 lending the reading han: the graph first named a woven ornament for a horse's mane, and was carried by sound to the sense it keeps — luxuriant, teeming, flourishing.

    How to remember it: Thread 糸 worked into something dense and ornamental — teeming, flourishing: prosperity.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 繁

    • Verified meaning: to flourish, prosperous, busy
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しげ, しげかつ, しげさき, しげし)

    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 繁

    Given names 繁(しげ)Listen 繁(しげし)Listen 繁(しげる)Listen

    Surnames 繁(しげかつ)Listen 繁(しげさき)Listen 繁(しげじ)Listen 繁(しげつぐ)Listen 繁(しげのり)Listen 繁(しげゆき)Listen 繁(とくしげ)Listen

  • Onyomi

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    han(ハン) ハン

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

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    17 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    to flourish prosperous busy abundant bloom boom bountiful copious dense exuberant fertile flourishing grow lavish luxuriant multiply plentiful productive profuse rich teeming thick thrive thriving

Sentences including 繁

  • Mary promised her mother that she would help her more often.

  • We have very good business.

  • The town has an air of prosperity.

  • My business is slow right now.

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