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繁

Thriving, Busy
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingハン
Kun readingしげ.る、しげ.く
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 40

Verbs with «繁»

繁殖する繁栄する

Meanings

  1. thriving, Busy
  2. luxuriantRtK
  3. prosperous
  4. frequent
  1. complexity
  2. frequency
  3. trouble
  4. traditional Chinese character
  5. unsimplified Chinese character

Radicals and components

Radical糸silk纟variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cleverness · reclining · lying down · mother (母) · breasts · taskmaster · thread (糸) · spiderman

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1435

Compound words

繁昌はんじょう
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
繁栄はんえい
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
繁殖はんしょく
breeding; propagation; reproduction; multiplication; increase
繁盛はんじょう
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
繁茂はんも
flourishing (of plants); thriving; luxuriant growth; growing lushly; rankness (of weeds)
頻繁ひんぱん
frequent; incessant
繁華街はんかがい
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center
繁々しげしげ
frequently
繁華はんか
bustle
繁繁しげしげ
frequently
繁忙はんぼう
busy
繁縷はこべ
chickweed (Stellaria sp.)
繁吹くしぶく
to splash
繁体字はんたいじ
traditional Chinese character
繁縷塩はこべじお
chickweed (stitchwort) roasted and mixed with salt, then ground into a powder for use as toothpaste
商売繁昌しょうばいはんじょう
thriving (prosperous) business
商賣繁昌しょうばいはんじょう
thriving (prosperous) business
商賣繁盛しょうばいはんじょう
thriving (prosperous) business
南蛮繁縷なんばんはこべ
berry catchfly (Silene baccifera)
繁殖牝馬はんしょくひんば
broodmare (horse breeding)
繁文縟礼はんぶんじょくれい
red-tapism
繁殖するはんしょくする
to breed
繁栄するはんえいする
to prosper; to flourish

Additional Examples

彼は不注意な過ちをおかす、しかも頻繁にだ。
He makes careless mistakes, and does so frequently.tatoeba
彼の指導の下で商売は繁盛した。
The business prospered beneath his guiding hand.tatoeba
繁華街を当てもなくウロウロした。
We wandered aimlessly around the shopping district.tatoeba

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Abundant, busy; frequent. 敏 (lively) + thread 糸 — many threads densely woven: lots at once.Also known as “Overgrown”

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 繁

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step