肥 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. こえる。ふとる。
2. ふとい。
3. （土地が）こえた。ゆたか。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「肉」+音符「妃」の略体。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

fertilizer, get fat, fertile, manure, pamper

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ヒElem.

Kun (native)

• こ(える)Elem.
• こえElem.
• こ(やす)Elem.
• こ(やし)Elem.
• ふと(る)

Nanori (used in names)

• い
• こい
• ひえ

Other languages

• 拼音fei2
• 한글bi
• Hán-ViệtPhì

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

infoBasics

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

肉(にく)

JIS level

Level 1

JLPT (old scale)

Level 1

Unicode

U+80A5

grid_viewComponents

• 巴
• 月つき

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰月巴

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 肥満ひまん肥え太ること。 肥え太る。corpulence, fatness, obesity
• 肥料ひりょう植物の生育を助けるため、土壌などに施す物質。manure, fertilizer, fertiliser, compost
• 肥大ひだい肥えて大きくなること。 細胞・組織・臓器などの体積が大きくなること。swelling, enlargement, becoming fat, hypertrophy
• 肥こえ(こえ)こやし。肥料。また、肥料に用いる糞尿。manure, night soil, dung, fertiliser
• 肥えるこえるto grow fat, to gain weight, to put on weight, to grow fertile (of soil)
• 肥やしこやしmanure, night soil, dung, fertiliser
• 肥やすこやすto fertilize, to fertilise, to manure, to enrich
• 肥育ひいく家畜を肥大させて肉の量を増やすとともに肉質をよくすること。fattening (cattle, pigs, etc.)
• 肥沃ひよく土地がいて、作物がやすいこと。fertile, rich, productive
• 肥厚ひこう肥えて厚みが増すこと。thickening (of organic tissue, e.g. skin), hypertrophy
• 肥馬ひば肥えて太った馬。fat horse
• 肥土こえつちrich soil
• 肥桶こえおけnight-soil bucket, honey bucket
• 肥壺こえつぼchamber pot, jerry
• 肥胖ひはんobesity
• 肥後ひご旧国名の一つ。肥後国。Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
• 肥前ひぜん旧国名の一つ。肥前国。 佐賀県にあった地名。肥前町。Hizen (former province located in present-day Saga and Nagasaki prefectures, excluding Tsushima and Oki Islands)
• 肥州ひしゅう肥前国（ひぜんのくに）と肥後国（ひごのくに）の総称。Hishū (the two former provinces of Hizen and Higo)
• 肥効ひこう作物の生育に対する肥料の効果。fertilizer response, effect of fertilizer
• 肥汲みこえくみnight-soil man, night-soil woman, removal of night-soil

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(123 results)

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infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-4-4

Four Corner

7721.7

Spahn–Hadamitzky

4b4.5

Heisig

1893

Nelson

3740