Kanji

茂

茂

overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

艸部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

モ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

しげる

Nanori (Name Reading)

あり, いかし, し, しく, しげ, しげい, しげみ, しげる, たか, とお, とも, とよ, もち, もと, ゆた

Common Readings

モ, しげ…る

Example sentences

茂み しげみ
猫が茂みの中に隠れた。

The cat hid in the thicket.

匍匐 ほふく
茂みの中を匍匐して進んだ。

I advanced by crawling through the bushes.

生い茂る おいしげる
放置された空き地には、雑草が青々と生い茂っている。

In the abandoned vacant lot, weeds are growing thick and green.

雑木 ぞうき
庭には手入れされていない雑木が生い茂っていた

The garden was overgrown with untended miscellaneous trees.

茂る しげる
夏になると、庭の草木が青々と茂る。

When summer comes, the plants in the garden grow thick and green.

繁茂 はんも
夏の間に、空き地には雑草が青々と繁茂していた。

During the summer, weeds grew lushly in the vacant lot.

Example Vocabulary

茂み

しげみ

thicket; bush

生い茂る

おいしげる

to grow thick; to grow rank; to grow luxuriantly

茂る

しげる

to grow thick; to be luxuriant; to flourish

繁茂

はんも

luxuriant growth; rankness

逆茂木

さかもぎ

茂り

しげり

おい茂る

おいしげる

生茂る

おいしげる

賀茂なす

かもなす

賀茂茄子

かもなす

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