Japanese symbol for “scab”
膨れ
ふくれ
Romaji: fukure
scab; swelling; puffiness
In Japanese, scab is 膨れ, read ふくれ (fukure).
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Meanings
- n scab; swelling; puffiness
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “scab”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瘡蓋 | かさぶた kasabuta | scab; crust |
| 瘡 | かさ kasa | pustule; scab |
| スキャッブ | スキャッブ sukyabbu | scab (i.e. a strikebreaker) |
| 痂せる | かせる kaseru | to dry up; to scab; to slough |
| スト破り | ストやぶり sutoyaburi | strikebreaker; scab; strikebreaking |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 膨大 | ぼうだい boudai | huge; vast; enormous |
| 膨張 | ぼうちょう bouchou | expansion; swelling; increase |
| 膨らむ | ふくらむ fukuramu | to expand; to swell (out); to get big |
| 膨れる | ふくれる fukureru | to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated |
| 膨らみ | ふくらみ fukurami | swelling; bulge; puff |
| 膨らます | ふくらます fukuramasu | to swell; to expand; to inflate |
See also: Chinese symbol for “scab”.
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.