肥 — kanji meaning “fertilizer”
肥
fertilizer, get fat, fertile, manure, pamper
- Meanings
- fertilizer, get fat, fertile, manure, pamper
- On'yomi
- ヒ (hi)
- Kun'yomi
- こ.える、こえ、こ.やす、こ.やし、ふと.る
- Name readings
- い、こい、ひえ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1469 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 130
- Chinese reading
- féi — Chinese character page
Words with 肥
| 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 |
| 肥える | こえる koeru | to grow fat; to gain weight; to put on weight |
| 肥育 | ひいく hiiku | fattening (cattle, pigs, etc.) |
| 液肥 | えきひ ekihi | liquid fertilizer; liquid fertiliser |
| 肥後 | ひご higo | Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture) |
| 肥沃 | ひよく hiyoku | fertile; rich; productive |
| 追肥 | ついひ tsuihi | (adding) extra fertilizer or manure (fertiliser) |
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