盛 means “heap up, prosper”

もる · moru

Also: boom, copulate

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

もる, さかる, さかん

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

セイ, ジョウ

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The story

A dish (皿) under 成, complete: a plate piled to the very top. 盛る is to heap food: ask for 大盛り at a ramen shop for a big serving, a party 盛り上がる when it gets lively, and a busy shop is 繁盛, booming.

Used in 大盛り (oomori, large serving), 盛ん (sakan, thriving/popular), and 繁盛 (hanjou, prosperity)

More from Grow & Wane

• 興 interest
• 縮 shrink
• 充 fill
• 隆 rise
• 茂 grow thick
• 繁 thriving
• 尽 run out
• 膨 swell
• 殖 multiply
• 騰 soar
• 衰 decline
• 累 accumulate

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.