Japanese symbol for “serve”
盛る
もる
Romaji: moru
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to dish up; to fill (a bowl) with
In Japanese, serve is 盛る, read もる (moru).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- v5r, vt to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to dish up; to fill (a bowl) with
- v5r, vt to pile up; to heap up; to fill up; to stack up
- v5r, vt to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to prescribe
- v5r, vt to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
- v5r, vt to mark out (e.g. scale); to graduate (e.g. thermometer)
- v5r, vt to exaggerate; to apply heavy makeup
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “serve”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仕える | つかえる tsukaeru | to serve; to work for; to attend |
| 出す | だす dasu | to serve (food) |
| 上がる | あがる agaru | to serve (in one's master's home) |
| 勤める | つとめる tsutomeru | to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to serve (as) |
| サーブ | サーブ saabu | serve |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盛り | さかり sakari | height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); (in) season |
| 盛ん | さかん sakan | prosperous; flourishing; thriving |
| 盛大 | せいだい seidai | grand; magnificent; lavish |
| 繁盛 | はんじょう hanjou | prosperity; flourishing; thriving |
| 旺盛 | おうせい ousei | lively; vigorous; energetic |
See also: Chinese symbol for “serve”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.