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盛 means 'popular'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 766   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-5    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 68 words   Used in 152 words   Used in 864 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
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   セイ   ジョウ
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   さか popular; enthusiastic   さか prosper, flourish    serve, heap up (food)
Name    もり
⿱   become   dish  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 盛 is used 7 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 盛 is used 142 times, read 4 ways (with 2 variations).
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セイ : 44 words FIND ALL
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full of vim and vigor
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ジョウ : 3 words FIND ALL
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prosperity; flourishing; thriving
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to serve (food, etc.); to dish out
2. to fill up; to pile up; to heap
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さか (read as ざか) : 20 words FIND ALL
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Most common form: 花ざかり
1. flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom
2. the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty
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さか : 19 words FIND ALL
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1. popular
2. prosperous
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(read as もり) : 16 words FIND ALL
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Most common form: 盛り
noun, noun (suffix), counter
1. serving (of food); helping
noun
2. chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce  (see also: 盛り蕎麦; abbreviation)
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An additional さか.る less common words include 盛 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 921 (originally: 1476)  Joy o' Kanji : 1476  Key to Kanji: 602 

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セイ   ジョウ   さか popular; enthusiastic   さか prosper, flourish   も serve, heap up (food)   
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さら dish   
セイ   ジョウ   な to become   な to perform, to accomplish   
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tasseled spear
wrap
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