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肥

fertilizer
Stroke count: 8

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Kun readingこ.える、こえ、こ.やす、こ.やし、ふと.る
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. fertilizerRtK
  2. get fat
  3. fertile
  4. manure
  5. pamper
  1. night soil
  2. dung
  3. fertiliser

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · mosaic

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1893

Compound words

肥大ひだい
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
肥料ひりょう
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
肥やしこやし
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
堆肥たいひ
compost; manure
肥満ひまん
corpulence; fatness; obesity
肥えるこえる
to grow fat; to gain weight; to put on weight; to grow fertile (of soil); to be discerning (of one's palate, eye, ear, etc.)
肥やすこやす
to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich
化学肥料かがくひりょう
chemical fertilizer; chemical fertiliser
厩肥きゅうひ
manure
下肥しもごえ
manure
施肥せひ
manuring
肥るふとる
to put on weight
肥沃ひよく
fertile
肥胖ひはん
obesity
廐肥きゅうひ
manure
廏肥きゅうひ
manure
たい肥たいひ
compost
肥ったふとった
plump
化成肥料かせいひりょう
chemical fertilizer
窒素肥料ちっそひりょう
nitrogenous fertilizer
肥筑方言ひちくほうげん
Hichiku dialect (western Kyushu)
燐酸肥料リンさんひりょう
phosphate fertilizer
私腹を肥やすしふくをこやす
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position

Kun Reading Examples

彼らの畜牛はみなよく肥えている。こえる
Their cattle are all fat.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は肥満とはいえないが、大柄の人だった。
He was well built, if not fat as such.tatoeba
彼は肥満体だ。
He is overweight.tatoeba
彼は私腹を肥やすのに余念がない。
He is always busy feathering his own nest.tatoeba
彼は芸術に関しては目が肥えている。
He has a good eye for art.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 肥

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