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盛: boom, prosper

Also: copulate

JLPT N111 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

皿 carries the meaning · 成 gives the sound

11 strokes

Five readings, and the words that use each

セイsei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 盛衰せいすいrise and fall
  • 隆盛りゅうせいprosperity
  • 最盛期さいせいきgolden age
  • 盛況なせいきょうなsuccessful, prosperous
  • 盛大なせいだいなgrand, prosperous, magnificent

ジョウjou · on'yomi

  • 繁盛するはんじょうするprosper, flourish, thrive

もるmoru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 盛るもるpile up, dish up, heap up
  • 山盛りやまもりa heap
  • 酒盛りさかもりdrinking bout, drinking party
  • 目盛りめもりscale, gradation, point [n.]

さかるsakaru · kun'yomi

  • 働き盛りはたらきざかりprime of life

さかんsakan · kun'yomi

  • 盛んなさかんなprosperous, flourishing

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)成 (sound) + 皿 (meaning)

Source: Wiktionary, 盛 (rev. 94587476), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Success/completion + bowl (皿). Originally referred to a "bowl" being filled to the brim with food for a feast—now used to mean "prosperous" or "flourishing."”
From the 皿 plate story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
成

Also built on turn into (成)

盛 takes the 成 family's reading, セイ (sei).

皿

Also built on plate (皿)

All 8

Also read セイ

43 kanji share this on'yomiAll 43

Also read ジョウ

34 kanji share this on'yomiAll 34

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
盛 boom · 皿
vs晟 clear · 日
盛 has 皿 where 晟 has 日.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shèng

Same form: 盛 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
盛 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
盛 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shèng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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