The kanji 盛: meaning, readings and stroke order
盛
- Meaning
- lively, heap up
- On reading
- セイ sei、ジョウ* jou
- Kun reading
- も(る) moru、さか(る) sakaru、さか(ん) sakan
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 皿 dish
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- thịnh, xới đầy (thịnh)
- Japanese
- さかん。うつわに もる。
- Korean
- 왕성하다, 담다 (성)
- Chinese
- 兴盛、盛饭
Readings, words and example sentences
セイ sei · on reading · less common
盛大
grand, big and lively
盛大な 式が 開かれました。
A grand ceremony was held.
も(る) moru · kun reading
盛る
to serve (food), to heap up
皿に ごはんを 盛ります。
I put rice on the plate.
さか(る) sakaru · kun reading · less common
燃え盛る
to blaze, to burn strongly
たき火が 燃え盛って います。
The campfire is blazing.
さか(ん) sakan · kun reading
盛ん
thriving, popular
この 町は 漁業が 盛んです。
Fishing is a big business in this town.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.