Japanese symbol for “thickening”
肥厚
ひこう
Romaji: hikou
thickening (of organic tissue, e.g. skin); hypertrophy
In Japanese, thickening is 肥厚, read ひこう (hikou).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs thickening (of organic tissue, e.g. skin); hypertrophy (med)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “thickening”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 繋ぎ | つなぎ tsunagi | thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; liaison |
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 |
| 厚生 | こうせい kousei | welfare; public welfare; social welfare |
| 濃厚 | のうこう noukou | rich (flavor, color, etc.); strong (e.g. odor); heavy |
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.