茂 – overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant

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The kanji 茂 means overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is モ (mo); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しげ.る (shigeru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 艸 (no. 140).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	モ	mo
Kun’yomi	しげ.る	shigeru

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: 艸 (Kangxi radical 140). Components: ノ・戈・艾.

Words using 茂

茂るしげるto grow thickly

Example sentences

丘には低い木がたくさん茂っている。

Lots of low trees grow on the hill.

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Kanji with the same radical

葉落英若蔵花苦薬芸葬著草薄芝薦華

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