盛ん

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盛
さか
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
旺ん (rare)
壮ん (rare)
鬱ん (rare)

Alternative forms

  • (honorific) ご盛(さか)ん (go-sakan)

Etymology

First attested in the late 11th century.

Sound shift from 盛り (sakari),[1] the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 盛る (sakaru, “to be in prime condition”), itself sharing a root with 栄える (sakaeru, “to thrive, boom”) and 咲く (saku, “to bloom”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) さかん [sàkáń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠kã̠ɴ]

Adjective

盛(さか)ん • (sakan) -na (adnominal 盛(さか)んな (sakan na), adverbial 盛(さか)んに (sakan ni))

  1. prosperous, flourishing
  2. popular
  3. enthusiastic, energetic
  4. heavy (as in snow or rain); lots (as in amounts of something)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • 血(けっ)気(き)盛(さか)ん (kekki sakan)

Idioms

  • 春(しゅん)秋(じゅう)鼎(まさ)に盛(さか)んなり (shunjū masa ni sakan nari)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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