盛 U+76DB, 盛 ← 盚[U+76DA] CJK Unified Ideographs 盜 →[U+76DC] 盛 U+FAA7, 盛 ← 益[U+FAA6] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 直 →[U+FAA8]
盛 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+6, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 戈尸月廿 (ISBT), four-corner 53107, composition ⿱成皿)
- 墭, 𡡛, 𣛮, 𭵵, 𥊱, 𥢱, 𥼵, 𦔤, 𬣅, 𩦝, 𨞐, 𦼦, 𩯎
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 794, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23001
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2562, character 4
- Unihan data for U+76DB
- Unihan data for U+FAA7
simp. and trad. 盛
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djeŋ, *djeŋs): phonetic 成 (OC *djeŋ) + semantic 皿.
Cognate with 成 (OC *djeŋ, “to complete”), 城 (OC *djeŋ, “city wall; city”) (Schuessler, 2007). See 成 for more.
Pronunciation 2 is the exopassive of pronunciation 1, literally meaning “to be filled”. (Ibid.)
盛
- to put; to fill; to ladle (into a container)
- to hold; to contain
盛
- flourishing; prosperous
- abundant; growing; plentiful
- great; large; huge
- popular; widespread
- deep; profound
- vigorous; strong; intense
- sparing no effort; trying one’s best
- (Cantonese) and so on; and what not; etc. Alternative form: 剩 今晚又有表演睇又有大餐食又盛，節目真係安排得幾好。 [Cantonese, trad.]今晚又有表演睇又有大餐食又盛，节目真系安排得几好。 [Cantonese, simp.]gam1 maan5-1 jau6 jau5 biu2 jin2 tai2 jau6 jau5 daai6 caan1 sik6 jau6 sing6, zit3 muk6 zan1 hai6 on1 paai4 dak1 gei2 hou2. [Jyutping]Tonight, there are performances to see, a big meal to eat, and what not; everything was well planned. 佢成日都冇喐冇盛，係唔係病咗啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]佢成日都冇喐冇盛，系唔系病咗啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]keoi5 seng4 jat6 dou1 mou5 juk1 mou5 sing6, hai6 m4 hai6 beng6 zo2 aa3? [Jyutping]He hasn’t moved or done anything else all day. Is he ill?
- 38th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; “fullness” (𝌫)
- a surname 盛世才 ― Shèng Shìcái ― Sheng Shicai (Chinese warlord who ruled Xinjiang from 1933 to 1944)
- “盛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
Shinjitai 盛 Kyūjitai[1][2] 盛󠄁盛+󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) 盛󠄃盛+󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi)(Moji_Joho) The displayed kanji may be different from the image due to your environment.See here for details.
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
- prosper
- 泡(あわ)盛(もり) (awamori)
From Middle Chinese 盛 (MC dzyeng); compare Mandarin 盛 (chéng):
- Go-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō †)←じやう (zyau, historical)
- Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)←せい (sei, historical)
From Middle Chinese 盛 (MC dzyengH); compare Mandarin 盛 (shèng):
- Go-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō †)←じやう (zyau, historical)
- Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)←せい (sei, historical)
From native Japanese roots:
- Kun: もる (moru, 盛る, Jōyō)、さかん (sakan, 盛ん, Jōyō)、さかる (sakaru, 盛る, Jōyō)、さかんにする (sakan ni suru, 盛んにする)、さかり (sakari, 盛り)、もり (mori, 盛り)
- Nanori: さかり (sakari)、しげ (shige)、しげる (shigeru)、たけ (take)、もり (mori)
盛 (eumhun 성할 성 (seonghal seong))
- hanja form? of 성 (“prosper”)
盛: Hán Nôm readings: thịnh, thình, thạnh, thành
- prosperous; thriving; flourishing
