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茂 means 'overgrown'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 1011   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-10    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 4 words   Used in 7 words   Used in 1986 names   Component in 2 kanji (2 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   モ
Kun
   しげる to grow thickly
Additional readings
Name    うむさ   き   し   つとむ   む   もて
Notes
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⿱  艹 (艸) grass  戊 five  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 茂 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 茂 is used 7 times, read 2 ways.
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モ : 3 words FIND ALL
は ん も 1
luxuriant growth; rankness (of weeds)
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しげる : 4 words FIND ALL
お い し げ る 4
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
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Henshall: 1850  Joy o' Kanji : 1850  Key to Kanji: - 

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茂
モ    overgrown   しげる to grow thickly   
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戊
number 5, 5th   
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戈
tasseled spear
艹
grass   
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