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膨

swell
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingボウ
Kun readingふく.らむ、ふく.れる
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. swellRtK
    抜本的に事業の再構築を行ったおかげで、当社の黒字は３倍に膨らんだ。Thank to a fundamental restructuring, our surplus has swelled threefold.tatoeba
    東証の出来高は今年の最高に膨らんだ。The turnover on the Tokyo stock Exchange swelled to the year's record.tatoeba
  2. get fat
  3. thick
  1. to expand
  2. to swell (out)
  3. to get big
  4. to become inflated

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · drum · samurai · beans · table · one (一) · mouth (口) · shape

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1855

Compound words

膨らむふくらむ
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
膨張ぼうちょう
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
膨大ぼうだい
huge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive
膨れるふくれる
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to distend; to bulge
膨らますふくらます
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
膨隆ぼうりゅう
swelling up
下膨れしもぶくれ
round-faced
青膨れあおぶくれ
dropsical (blue-green) swelling
膨よかふくよか
plump
膨らみふくらみ
swelling
膨ら脛ふくらはぎ
calf
膨らし粉ふくらしこ
baking powder
膨れっ面ふくれっつら
sulky look (often with puffed cheeks)
熱膨張係数ねつぼうちょうけいすう
thermal expansion coefficient

Additional Examples

熱はたいていの物を膨張させる。
Heat expands most things.tatoeba
東証の出来高は今年の最高に膨らんだ。
The turnover on the Tokyo stock Exchange swelled to the year's record.tatoeba
著者の冗漫なスタイルは膨大な書類を作り出したが、その内容は乏しい。
The author's verbiage produced a document of mammoth size and microscopic import.tatoeba

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 膨

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