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Bushu (Radical) Info: 皿 (さら) – dish

Henshall Mnemonic: serve heaped dishes when one becomes prosperous

Levels: JLPT N1 | JLPT 1 (old) | Grade 6
Frequency: #712 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 盛ん   [さかん]
  (adj-na,n) popularity; prosperous   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 盛り   [さかり]
  (n) summit; peak; prime; be at one's best   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 盛る   [もる]
  (v5r) (1) to serve (food, etc.); (2) to fill up; (3) to prescribe   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 全盛   [ぜんせい]
  (n) height of prosperity   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 繁盛   [はんじょう]
  (n,vs) prosperity; flourishing; thriving   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 盛り上がる   [もりあがる]
  (v5r) to rouse; to swell; to rise   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 盛大   [せいだい]
  (adj-na,n) grand; prosperous; magnificent   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 意気盛んだ   [いきさかんだ]
  be in high spirits   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 最盛期   [さいせいき]
  (n) golden age; best time for   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 隆盛   [りゅうせい]
  (adj-na,n) prosperity   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 大盛り   [おおもり]
  (n) a large serving   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 働き盛り   [はたらきざかり]
  (n) prime of life   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 盛り込む   [もりこむ]
  (v5m) to incorporate; to include   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 盛り上がり   [もりあがり]
  (n) climax; uprush   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 盛り上げる   [もりあげる]
  (v1) to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to bring to a climax; to raise   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 盛況   [せいきょう]
  (n) success; prosperity   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 盛衰   [せいすい]
  (n) rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目盛り   [めもり]
  (n) scale; gradations   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 花盛り   [はなざかり]
  (n) flowers in full bloom   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 盛 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.