Hanja Analyzer
盛

盛 — seong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
성할 성
Romanization
seong
English
abundant, flourishing; contain; fill
Mandarin
shèng
Japanese on'yomi
セイ, ジョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
も.る さか.る さか.ん
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#712 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
皿 (108, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+76DB

Parts that make up 盛

  • 成 이룰 성 도끼로 다져 이룬 모양이루는 일. ‘성’ 계열의 소리
  • 皿 그릇 명 굽 달린 그릇그릇과 담는 일

How 盛 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 盛 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 成, 皿.

Korean example words with 盛

  • 왕성旺盛 Korean gloss: 한창 성함
  • 극성極盛 Korean gloss: 몹시 왕성함
  • 성대盛待 Korean gloss: 성대한 대접
  • 성명盛名 Korean gloss: 떨치는 이름
  • 성업盛業 Korean gloss: 사업이 잘됨
  • 성연盛宴 Korean gloss: 성대한 연회
  • 성의盛儀 Korean gloss: 성대한 의식
  • 성전盛典 Korean gloss: 성대한 의식
  • 성망盛望 Korean gloss: 높고 큰 덕망
  • 성쇠盛衰 Korean gloss: 성하고 쇠퇴함
  • 성염盛炎 Korean gloss: 한창 심한 더위
  • 성운盛運 Korean gloss: 잘되어 가는 운수

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 盛

  • 盛り込むもりこむ to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
  • 盛んさかん prosperous; flourishing; thriving
  • 盛りさかり height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); (in) season
  • 全盛ぜんせい height of prosperity
  • 最盛期さいせいき golden age; prime; heyday
  • 盛況せいきょう success; boom; being well-attended (of an event)
  • 盛るもる to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to dish up
  • 盛大せいだい grand; magnificent; lavish
  • 盛り上がりもりあがり climax; uprush; bulge
  • 働き盛りはたらきざかり prime of one's working life
  • 隆盛りゅうせい prosperity; flourishing; thriving
  • 花盛りはなざかり flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom; the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty

Other hanja read “성”

Other hanja with radical 皿

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