Kanji Detail for 茂 - "flourish, lush, thrive"

茂

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
茂 means "flourish, lush, thrive."
1. To flourish - For plants to grow vigorously.
2. Prosperous - Abundant; plentiful.
3. Excellent - Splendid; beautiful.
4. To strive - To endeavor; to make effort.
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

boh(ぼう)

mo(も)
Kunyomi

shige.ru(しげる)

sugu.reru(すぐれる)
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

艸艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)
Related Keywords
flourish thrive grow lush verdant luxuriant abundant prosperous dense thick leafy green vigorous rich fertile prolific excellent splendid strive effort