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膨

Readings

Kana: ボウ、ふく.らむ、ふく.れる
Romaji: bou, fuku.ramu, fuku.reru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

swell, get fat, thick

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  130
Frequency:  1293
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-4-12
Korean Reading:  paeng
Chinese Reading:  peng2
Unicode:  81a8
JIS:  4B44

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1084
Nelson Index: 3818
New Nelson Index: 4874
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4b12.1
Four Corner Index: 7222.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 1817
Gakken Index: 1589
Daikanwanjiten Index: 29861
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0366
Remembering the kanji Index: 1719
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1682
Kodansha Compact Index: 1043
Kanji in Context Index: 1354
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 741
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 999
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1735
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1855
Essential Kanji Index: 1362
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1380
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3960
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1835

Words

膨大 (ぼうだい)
huge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive; multitudinous; swelling; expansion
膨らむ (ふくらむ)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
ふくらし粉 (ふくらしこ)
baking powder
膨満 (ぼうまん)
inflation
膨張度 (ぼうちょうど)
dilation (of a sound wave in acoustics)
膨張 (ぼうちょう)
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
膨れる (ふくれる)
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to distend; to bulge; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
膨らみ (ふくらみ)
swelling; bulge; puff
膨張率 (ぼうちょうりつ)
rate of expansion
膨張剤 (ぼうちょうざい)
leavening agent (such as sourdough, yeast, baking powder)
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