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Kanji Detail for 盛 - "to serve, flourishing, full"

盛

  • Meaning

    盛 means "to serve, flourishing, full."

    1. Flourishing - Thriving; prosperous.

    2. Full - Abundant; plentiful.

    3. Serve - To heap up; to pile.

  • Words using 盛

    • 盛り込む もりこむ Listen to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
    • 盛り さかり Listen height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); (in) season
    • 全盛 ぜんせい Listen height of prosperity
    • 最盛期 さいせいき Listen golden age; prime; heyday
    • 盛況 せいきょう Listen success; boom; being well-attended (of an event)
    • 盛る もる Listen to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to dish up
    • 盛大 せいだい Listen grand; magnificent; lavish
    • 盛り上がり もりあがり Listen climax; uprush; bulge

  • Four-character idioms with 盛

    • 五陰盛苦 ごおんじょうく Listen pain caused by the five skandhas
    • 商売繁盛 しょうばいはんじょう Listen thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business
    • 栄枯盛衰 えいこせいすい Listen ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune
    • 盛者必衰 じょうしゃひっすい Listen even the prosperous inevitably decay; sic transit gloria mundi; all that's fair must fade
    • 盛衰興亡 せいすいこうぼう Listen rise and fall; ups and downs; waxing and waning

  • Tattoo check: 盛

    • Verified meaning: to serve, flourishing, full
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さかい, さかえ, さかり, さかる)

    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 盛

    Given names 盛(さかえ)Listen 盛(さかり)Listen 盛(さかん)Listen 盛(しげる)Listen

    Surnames 盛(さかい)Listen 盛(さかる)Listen 盛(しょう)Listen 盛(じょう)Listen 盛(すみえ)Listen 盛(すみか)Listen 盛(すみたか)Listen 盛(すみひろ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    boom; prosper; copulate

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    abundant, flourishing; contain; fill

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Sheng

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    abundant, flourishing; to contain; to fill

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

    Using a vessel to receive things. Such as millet and grain in a vessel is called 粢盛. For offerings in sacrifices. | Full, abundant, and increasing without declining. The opposite of 衰 (decline). Such as saying 豐盛 (abundant), 繁盛 (flourishing), 昌盛 (prosperous) and such.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    joh(ジョウ) ジョウ

    sei(セイ) セイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mo.ru(も-る) も-る

    saka.ru(さか-る) さか-る

    sakan(さか-ん) さか-ん

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    皿 (sara)

  • Related Keywords

    flourishing full serve mating season offerings vigorous heap abundant ample bloom bountiful filled generous grow overflowing pile plentiful prosper rich thrive thriving

Sentences including 盛

  • She dressed up for the party.

  • We have very good business.

  • Every dog has his day.

  • He is still full of energy.

  • The flowers are already out of bloom.

  • Every dog has his day.

  • The party was such a great success.

  • She dressed up and left for the party.

  • My business is slow right now.

  • You don't have to dress up.

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