茂

overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

モ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

しげ.る

Nanori (名乗り)

うむさきしつとむむもて

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:8

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1188

Vocabulary

モ

Word	Reading	Meaning
繁茂	ハンモ	flourishing (of plants); thriving; luxuriant growth; growing lushly; rankness (of weeds)
茂林	モリン	luxuriant (dense) forest

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
茂る	しげる	to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
生い茂る	おいしげる	to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
茂み	しげみ	thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
逆茂木	さかもぎ	abatis
茂り	しげり	growing thick

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