繁
thrive; luxuriant; thick; overgrown; frequency; complexity; trouble
16 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1198.
Readings
- ハン (on reading): 頻繁 (ひんぱん) frequent; 繁殖 (はんしょく) breeding
- しげく (kun reading): 繁く (しげく) frequently; 足繁く (あししげく) frequently
- しげる (kun reading)
Components
- 敏
- 糸
- 乞 radical beg
- 小 radical small
- 幺 radical short thread
- 攵 radical strike, right-side form of 攴
- 毋 radical mother; do not
- 母 radical mother
- 糸 radical thread
Words using 繁
- 頻繁 (ひんぱん) frequent
- 繁殖 (はんしょく) breeding
- 繁栄 (はんえい) prosperity
- 繁華街 (はんかがい) business district
- 繁殖牝馬 (はんしょくひんば) broodmare (horse breeding)
- 繁く (しげく) frequently
- 足繁く (あししげく) frequently
- 足繁く通う (あししげくかよう) to visit frequently
38 words in all.