饒
abundant
Readings
On'yomi
- ジョウ
- ニョウ
Kun'yomi
- ゆたか
Nanori
- ぬう
- の
- よ
Meaning
饒 centers on having more than enough: abundance, plenty, or richness. The single given meaning 'abundant' captures this idea of overflowing supply.
Most common words using 饒
- 饒舌じょうぜつ
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
- 豊饒ほうじょう
fertile; productive; fruitful
- 富饒ふじょう
richness
- 豊饒の海ほうじょうのうみ
The Sea of Fertility (tetralogy by Mishima)
- 饒舌家じょうぜつか
talkative person; chatterbox
- 饒速日命にぎはやひのみこと
Nigihayahi; deity who married Nagasunehiko's younger sister and subsequently killed him when he opposed Emperor Jimmu
Study
Etymology
饒 combines 飠 (food) with 堯, which likely contributes the sound and may suggest height or excess, together giving the idea of abundant food or plenty.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 飠 is food, and the right side 堯 looks like piled-up earth (土) on legs (儿) with extra strokes on top. Picture a towering heap of food—so much that it's overflowing and abundant.
Reading mnemonic
For ジョウ, imagine a giant overflowing bowl of food that makes you say 'Jō!' (like 'whoa' but with a J) in amazement at the abundance: Jō -> ジョウ.