Japanese symbol for “fattening”
肥育
ひいく
Romaji: hiiku
fattening (cattle, pigs, etc.)
In Japanese, fattening is 肥育, read ひいく (hiiku).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n, vs, vt fattening (cattle, pigs, etc.)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肥満 | ひまん himan | corpulence; fatness; obesity |
| 肥料 | ひりょう hiryou | manure; fertilizer; fertiliser |
| 肥大 | ひだい hidai | swelling; enlargement; becoming fat |
| 堆肥 | たいひ taihi | compost; manure |
| 肥やし | こやし koyashi | manure; night soil; dung |
| 肥やす | こやす koyasu | to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure |
| 教育 | きょういく kyouiku | education; schooling; training |
| 体育 | たいいく taiiku | physical education; PE; gym (class) |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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