膨 — kanji meaning “swell”
膨
swell, get fat, thick
- Meanings
- swell, get fat, thick
- On'yomi
- ボウ (bou)
- Kun'yomi
- ふく.らむ、ふく.れる
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1293 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 130
- Chinese reading
- péng — Chinese character page
Words with 膨
| 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 |
| 膨れ | ふくれ fukure | scab; swelling; puffiness |
| 膨満 | ぼうまん bouman | distention; fullness; inflation |
| 膨潤 | ぼうじゅん boujun | swelling (with fluid) |
| 着膨れ | きぶくれ kibukure | bundling up (in layers of clothes) |
| 膨隆 | ぼうりゅう bouryuu | swelling up |
| 下膨れ | しもぶくれ shimobukure | round-faced |
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