滋

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 12 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 氵(さんずい)

Meaning

Nourishing / Beneficial / Increase / Luxuriant

  • 滋養じよう — nourishment / nutrition
  • 滋味じみ — rich flavor / nourishing taste
  • 滋潤じじゅん — moisture / emollience
  • 滋賀しが — Shiga (short for the prefecture)
  • 滋賀県しがけん — Shiga Prefecture
  • 滋養強壮じようきょうそう — restorative nourishment

滋 combines さんずい (water) with , carrying the sense of richness, nourishment, and increase—like moisture fostering growth. It often appears in words about nutrition and fertile development.

この料理りょうり滋味じみんでいます。
This dish is full of rich, nourishing flavor.

彼女かのじょ滋養じようのある食品しょくひんこのんでべます。
She prefers to eat nutritious foods.

養
Creates
滋養じよう — nourishment / nutrition
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