The kanji 繁: meaning, readings and stroke order
繁
- Meaning
- thrive, grow thick
- On reading
- ハン han
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 糸 silk
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
- Old form
- 繁
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- um tùm, thịnh vượng (phồn)
- Japanese
- しげる。さかえる。
- Korean
- 무성하다, 번성하다 (번)
- Chinese
- 繁茂、繁荣
Readings, words and example sentences
ハン han · on reading
繁栄
prosperity, thriving
港町として 繁栄しました。
It thrived as a port town.
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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.