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茂
Kanji meaning "overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant"
Stroke order
Jiten frequency #1646
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
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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Reading usage
も
820 (64%)
しげ
465 (36%)
し
1 (0%)
繁
(
はん
)
茂
(
も
)
flourishing (of plants)
#55032
茂木
(
もき
)
Shigeki
#70032
逆
(
さか
)
茂
(
も
)
木
(
ぎ
)
abatis
#116721
上賀茂
(
かみがも
)
Kamigamo
#126439
加茂川
(
かもがわ
)
Kamogawa
#133162
田茂
(
たも
)
Tamo
#184690
茂手
(
もて
)
Mote
#190776
与茂
(
よも
)
Yomo
#196151
斎藤茂吉
(
さいとうもきち
)
Saitou Mokichi (1882-1953)
#202579
茂木健一郎
(
もぎけんいちろう
)
Mogi Ken'ichirō
#203214
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Most common words using this kanji
茂
(
しげ
)
み
thicket
#9192
生
(
お
)
い
茂
(
しげ
)
る
to grow thickly
#13788
茂
(
しげ
)
る
to grow thickly
#16321
茂
(
しげ
)
Shige
#37069
繁
(
はん
)
茂
(
も
)
flourishing (of plants)
#55032
茂木
(
もき
)
Shigeki
#70032
賀茂
(
かもの
)
Kamo
#79938
加茂
(
かしげ
)
Kashige
#80458
茂雄
(
しげお
)
Shigeo
#102361
家茂
(
いえもち
)
Iemochi
#107185
賀茂川
(
かもがわ
)
Kamogawa
#107475
茂
(
しげ
)
り
growing thick
#108626
茂吉
(
おもよし
)
Omoyoshi
#113050
茂樹
(
しげしゅ
)
Shigeki
#115424
逆
(
さか
)
茂
(
も
)
木
(
ぎ
)
abatis
#116721
野茂
(
のしげ
)
Noshige
#121041
長嶋茂雄
(
ながしましげお
)
Nagashima Shigeo (1936.2.20-)
#121327
茂野
(
しげの
)
Shigeno
#122732
茂夫
(
しげお
)
Shigeo
#123216
上賀茂
(
かみがも
)
Kamigamo
#126439
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