膨
swell; get fat; thick
16 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1293.
Readings
- ボウ (on reading): 膨大 (ぼうだい) huge; 膨張 (ぼうちょう) expansion
- ふくらむ (kun reading): 膨らむ (ふくらむ) to expand; 膨らみ (ふくらみ) swelling
- ふくれる (kun reading): 膨れ上がる (ふくれあがる) to swell up; 膨れる (ふくれる) to swell (out)
Components
- 月
- 彭
- 十 radical ten
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- 口 radical mouth
- 土 radical earth
- 彡 radical bristles; hair
- 月 radical moon; flesh
- 豆 radical bean
Words using 膨
- 膨大 (ぼうだい) huge
- 膨張 (ぼうちょう) expansion
- 膨潤 (ぼうじゅん) swelling (with fluid)
- 膨満 (ぼうまん) distention
- 膨張剤 (ぼうちょうざい) leavening agent (such as sourdough, yeast, baking powder)
- 膨らむ (ふくらむ) to expand
- 膨らみ (ふくらみ) swelling
- 膨らます (ふくらます) to swell
- 膨らせる (ふくらせる) to puff up
- 思う事言わねば腹膨る (おもうこといわねばはらふくる) if you don't speak your mind, you'll feel uneasy afterwards
- 膨れ上がる (ふくれあがる) to swell up
- 膨れる (ふくれる) to swell (out)
- 着膨れる (きぶくれる) to be thickly clad
- 着膨れ (きぶくれ) bundling up (in layers of clothes)
- 下膨れ (しもぶくれ) round-faced
43 words in all.