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脹 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「月」

道
準1University / general ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「月」
On
チョウちょう · chō
Kun
は.れる・ふく.らむ・ふく.れるha.reru · fuku.ramu · fuku.reru
Meaning
to swell; to distend

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Flesh 月 with 長 as phonetic: the body swelling and stretching out.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 膨脹ぼうちょう

    expansion

  • 脹らむふくらむ

    to swell; to expand

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

空気(くうき)は温(あたた)まると膨脹(ぼうちょう)する。

Air expands when it is warmed.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

膨脹脹膨swell肋rib朋friend肱elbow肴food…胡foreig…吊hang杓ladle帖quire恰just…釘nail
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 月Map of reading チョウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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