肥 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「月」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「月」
- On
- ヒひ · hi
- Kun
- こ(える)・こ(やす)ko(eru) · ko(yasu)
- Meaning
- fat; fertile; fertiliser
Stroke order
Origin
月 "body" plus 巴; flesh building on the body — "to grow fat," and of soil, "fertile, fertiliser."
Readings and examples
| Onヒひhi | 肥大ひだい肥料ひりょう施肥せひ |
|---|---|
| Kunこえるkoeru | 肥えるこえる |
| Kunこえkoe | 肥こえ下肥しもごえ |
| Kunこやすkoyasu | 肥やすこやす |
| Kunこやしkoyashi | 肥やしこやし |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 肥料ひりょう
fertiliser
- 肥大ひだい
enlargement; swelling
- 堆肥たいひ
- 肥沃ひよく
- 肥胖ひはん
Example
畑に肥料をやった。
I put fertiliser on the field.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)