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茂
Kanji meaning "overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant"
Stroke order
Jiten frequency #1658
JLPT N1
Secondary
Kanken Level 4
WaniKani Level 40
RTK
KLC Volume 7
TMW Debut Idol
8 strokes
Meanings
overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant
On'yomi
モ
Kun'yomi
しげ.る
Stroke order
(8 strokes)
Composed of
艹
grass
radical
戊
5th calendar sign
phonetic
Components and stroke order from
KanjiVG
(
CC BY-SA 3.0
)
Reading usage
も
820 (64%)
しげ
465 (36%)
し
1 (0%)
繁
(
はん
)
茂
(
も
)
flourishing (of plants)
#54049
茂木
(
もき
)
Shigeki
#68579
逆
(
さか
)
茂
(
も
)
木
(
ぎ
)
abatis
#119403
上賀茂
(
かみがも
)
Kamigamo
#130140
加茂川
(
かもがわ
)
Kamogawa
#135257
田茂
(
たも
)
Tamo
#179338
茂手
(
もて
)
Mote
#192292
斎藤茂吉
(
さいとうもきち
)
Saitou Mokichi (1882-1953)
#196833
茂木健一郎
(
もぎけんいちろう
)
Mogi Ken'ichirō
#197427
与茂
(
よも
)
Yomo
#197799
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Most common words using this kanji
茂
(
しげ
)
み
thicket
#9548
生
(
お
)
い
茂
(
しげ
)
る
to grow thickly
#14359
茂
(
しげ
)
る
to grow thickly
#16683
茂
(
しげ
)
Shige
#36638
繁
(
はん
)
茂
(
も
)
flourishing (of plants)
#54049
茂木
(
もき
)
Shigeki
#68579
加茂
(
かしげ
)
Kashige
#79806
賀茂
(
かもの
)
Kamo
#83520
茂雄
(
しげお
)
Shigeo
#98671
茂
(
しげ
)
り
growing thick
#104841
賀茂川
(
かもがわ
)
Kamogawa
#107919
家茂
(
いえもち
)
Iemochi
#109408
茂吉
(
おもよし
)
Omoyoshi
#112727
茂樹
(
しげしゅ
)
Shigeki
#113112
野茂
(
のしげ
)
Noshige
#116824
茂夫
(
しげお
)
Shigeo
#119080
逆
(
さか
)
茂
(
も
)
木
(
ぎ
)
abatis
#119403
長嶋茂雄
(
ながしましげお
)
Nagashima Shigeo (1936.2.20-)
#119578
茂野
(
しげの
)
Shigeno
#120142
上賀茂
(
かみがも
)
Kamigamo
#130140
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