繁 – luxuriant, thick, overgrown

16 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1198 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 繁 means luxuriant, thick, overgrown, frequency, complexity, trouble. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ハン (han); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しげ.る、しげ.く (shigeru, shigeku). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ハン	han
Kun’yomi	しげ.る	shigeru
Kun’yomi	しげ.く	shigeku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 糸・幺・小・母・攵・毋・乞.

Words using 繁

頻繁ひんぱんfrequent繁栄はんえいprosperity繁盛はんじょうprosperity繁殖はんしょくbreeding

Example sentences

電車はバスより頻繁に来ます。

Trains come more often than buses.

Tatoeba #183135

繁栄は勤勉にかかっている。

Prosperity depends on hard work.

Tatoeba #121195

今あまり繁盛していません。

My business is slow right now.

Tatoeba #172882

Kanji with the same radical

経約統総続結組終線細紙系編織給維

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