# 滋 — nourishing; Shiga

滋 means “nourishing; Shiga”. It is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. On'yomi: ジ (ji). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: nourishing; Shiga
- On'yomi: ジ (ji)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 12
- Level: JLPT N2 · set Food & cooking 2

## How to remember 滋

Parts: 氵 water · 兹 growth

## Don't confuse it with

[慈](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/mercy/) · [磁](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/magnet/)

## More in the “Food & cooking 2” set

[滋](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/nourishing/) · [辛](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/spicy/) · [菓](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/sweets/) · [鍋](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/pot/) · [丼](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/rice-bowl/) · [餅](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/rice-cake/) · [箸](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/chopsticks/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/nourishing/. Last updated 2026-11-01.