漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
膨: swell, get fat
Also: thick
JLPT N116 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 月meat(meaning)
- 彭(sound)
月 carries the meaning · 彭 gives the sound
16 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ボウbou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 膨大ぼうだいhuge; vast; enormous
- 膨張ぼうちょうexpansion; swelling; increase
ふくらむfukuramu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 膨らむふくらむto expand; to swell (out); to get big
- 膨らますふくらますto swell; to expand; to inflate
- 膨らみふくらみswelling; bulge; puff
ふくれるfukureru · kun'yomi
- 膨れるふくれるto swell (out); to expand; to be inflated
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“It looks like the moon, but it's actually muscle! When you see this "moon" on the left side of a character, don't think of the night sky—think of your own body.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · péng
Same form: 膨 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 膨 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 膨 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin péng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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