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脹

脹 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ふく-らむ、ふく-れる。
  2. は-れる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「肉」+音符「長」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

dilate, distend, bulge, fill out, swell

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チョウ
Kun (native)
  • は(れる)
  • ふく(らむ)
  • ふく(れる)
Other languages
  • 拼音zhang4
  • 한글chang
  • Hán-ViệtTrướng

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
肉(にく)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8139

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰月長

Words using this kanji

  • 脹脛ふくらはぎcalf
  • 脹満ちょうまんtympanites, abdominal dropsy, bloating of the abdominal region

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(4 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-8
Four Corner
7123.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4b8.1
Heisig
2073
Nelson
3782