12 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 9th grade
JLPT exam level N1

nourishing, more & more, be luxuriant, planting, turbidity

On'yomi
Nanori
  • しげ
  • しげる

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

50.0%
50.0%

Character Breakdown

nourishing, more & more, be luxuriant
ジ し しげ (9th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
here(茲) variant
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
minute, extremely small, tiny
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)

Common Words

nourishment
nutriment
Shiga (prefecture)
Shiga Prefecture (Kinki area)
reproducing in large numbers
Kyoto-Shiga
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References

Unicode hex code 6ECB
JIS X 0208 1-28-2
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2626
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3238
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 602
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 734
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 437
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 549
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1388
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1489
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1625
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2460
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1395
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 17919P
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1327
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1549
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1651
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1489
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1559
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1776
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1222
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1400
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3a9.27
Four corner code 3813.2
De Roo Code 371