Kanji N1

盛: boom, prosper, copulate

盛 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning boom, prosper, copulate, written with 11 strokes. It is read セイ, ジョウ (on) and もる, さかる, さかん (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 盛ん (さかん, prosperous) and 盛り (さかり, height).

盛

Meanings

  • boom
  • prosper
  • copulate
Strokes11
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#712 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • セイ
  • ジョウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • もる
  • さかる
  • さかん

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 盛

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 盛んさかん

    prosperous; flourishing; thriving; successful

    JLPT N4
  • 盛りさかり

    height (e.g. of summer)

    JLPT N3
  • 全盛ぜんせい

    height of prosperity

    JLPT N1
  • 盛るもる

    to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.)

    JLPT N2
  • 盛大せいだい

    grand; magnificent; lavish; large scale

    JLPT N1
  • 繁盛はんじょう

    prosperity; flourishing; thriving

    JLPT N1
  • 盛装せいそう

    dressing up in fine clothes; splendid clothes

    JLPT N1
  • 目盛めもり

    graduations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.)

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.