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脹

dilate
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingチョウ
Kun readingは.れる、ふく.らむ、ふく.れる
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. dilateRtK
  2. distend
  3. bulge
  4. fill out
  5. swell

Radicals and components

Radical肉meat
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2073

Compound words

鼓脹こちょう
flatulence
腫脹しゅちょう
swelling
脹脛ふくらはぎ
calf
下脹れしもぶくれ
round-faced
青脹れあおぶくれ
dropsical (blue-green) swelling
脹よかふくよか
plump
脹らみふくらみ
swelling
脹らむふくらむ
to expand
脹ら脛ふくらはぎ
calf
脹れるはれる
to swell (from inflammation)
脹らし粉ふくらしこ
baking powder
脹れっ面ふくれっつら
sulky look (often with puffed cheeks)

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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