盛

盛 U+FAA7, 盛 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAA7 ← 益 CJK Compatibility Ideographs 直 →

Translingual

Han character

盛 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈尸月廿 (ISBT), four-corner 5310₇, composition ⿱成皿)

References

• 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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 盛
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djeŋ, *djeŋs) : phonetic 成 (OC *djeŋ) + semantic 皿.

Etymology

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.)

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

盛

1. to put in container
2. to hold; to contain

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

盛

1. flourishing; prosperous
2. abundant; growing; plentiful
3. great; large; huge
4. popular; widespread
5. deep; profound
6. vigorous; strong; intense
7. sparing no effort; trying one's best
8. (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 maan^5-1 jau⁶ jau⁵ biu² jin² tai² jau⁶ jau⁵ daai⁶ caan¹ sik⁶ jau⁶ sing⁶, zit³ muk⁶ zan¹ hai⁶ on¹ paai⁴ dak¹ gei² hou².

   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?

   He hasn't moved or done anything else all day. Is he ill?

9. 38th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "fullness" (𝌫)
10. a surname

    盛世才  ―  Shèng Shìcái  ―  Sheng Shicai (Chinese warlord who ruled Xinjiang from 1933 to 1944)

Compounds

References

• “盛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	盛
Kyūjitai	盛󠄁 盛+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	盛󠄃 盛+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. prosper

Compounds

• 泡(あわ)盛(もり) (awamori)

Readings

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 (sakannisuru, 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)

References

Korean

Hanja

盛 (eumhun 성할 성 (seonghal seong))

1. Hanja form^? of 성 (“prosper”).

Vietnamese

Han character

盛: Hán Nôm readings: thịnh, thình, thạnh, thành

1. prosperous; thriving; flourishing