Kanji
N1 8 strokes Grade 8 freq #1188

overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

grass kusa

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

flourishing (of plants); thriving
abatis
luxuriant (dense) forest
Kamo eggplant (Solanum melongena; round variety originally grown in Kyoto)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to grow thickly; to be overgrown
thicket; bush
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf
growing thick

Example sentences

The garden was grown over with weeds.

The trees have exuberant foliage.

Dense bushes concealed him.

Believe it or not, a monster emerged from the bush.