繁

luxuriant, thick, overgrown, frequency, complexity, trouble

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ハン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

しげ.くしげ.る

Stroke Order

16 / 16

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:16

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1198

Vocabulary

ハン

Word	Reading	Meaning
繁栄	ハンエイ	prosperity; thriving; flourishing
繁華街	ハンカガイ	business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
繁殖	ハンショク	breeding; propagation; reproduction; multiplication; increase
繁盛	ハンジョウ	prosperity; flourishing; thriving
繁雑	ハンザツ	complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious; cumbersome

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
繁昌	はんじょう	prosperity; flourishing; thriving
頻繁	ひんぱん	frequent; incessant
繁る	しげる	to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
繁み	しげみ	thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
繁々	しげしげ	frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely; steadily

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