茂 overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant 8 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1188 in newspapers Readings Onモ Kunしげ.る In Chinese 茂 Words written with it 茂る しげる to grow thickly N2 生い茂る おいしげる to grow thickly 茂み しげみ thicket 繁茂 はんも flourishing (of plants)