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膨

膨 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「肉」+音符「彭」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

swell, get fat, thick

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ボウJHS
Kun (native)
  • ふく(らむ)JHS
  • ふく(れる)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音peng2
  • 한글paeng
  • Hán-ViệtBành

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

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
肉(にく)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+81A8

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰月彭

Words using this kanji

  • 膨大ぼうだいふくれあがって大きくなること。 ふくれあがって大きくなる。 数や量が非常に大きい様子。厖大。huge, vast, enormous, colossal
  • 膨張ぼうちょうふくれること。 物の体積や面積や長さが増えること。 規模や数や量が増えること。expansion, swelling, increase, growth
  • 膨れるふくれるto swell (out), to expand, to be inflated, to distend
  • 膨らむふくらむ「ふくらむ」を参照。to expand, to swell (out), to get big, to become inflated
  • 膨らますふくらますto swell, to expand, to inflate, to bulge
  • 膨らみふくらみswelling, bulge, puff
  • 膨満ぼうまん一杯に膨れ上がること。distention, fullness, inflation, flatulence
  • 膨隆ぼうりゅうswelling up
  • 膨潤ぼうじゅんswelling (with fluid)
  • 膨圧ぼうあつ細胞の内部と外部の圧力の差。turgor pressure
  • 膨れふくれscab, swelling, puffiness
  • 膨らふくらcurve of the tip of a sword, length of a bow, bulge, swelling
  • 膨化ぼうかポップコーンなどのように食品の内部にたくさんの空間をつくること。 (下水道)活性汚泥が膨張して沈殿性が落ち、沈降しずらくなること。swelling, expansion, puffing, inflation
  • 膨よかふくよかplump, fleshy, well-rounded, full
  • 膨張度ぼうちょうどdilation (of a sound wave in acoustics)
  • 膨張率ぼうちょうりつrate of expansion
  • 膨張剤ぼうちょうざいleavening agent (such as sourdough, yeast, baking powder)
  • 膨張式ぼうちょうしきinflatable (in the sense of "needs to be inflated for normal use")
  • 膨らすふくらすto expand, to inflate
  • 膨らかふくらかplump, full, well-rounded

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-12
Four Corner
7222.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4b12.1
Heisig
1855
Nelson
3818