Kanji

脹

脹

dilate, distend, bulge, fill out, swell

Kanji

Grade

Grade 9

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

肉部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

チョウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

はれる, ふくらむ, ふくれる

Common Readings

チョウ

Example sentences

脹脛 ふくらはぎ
長時間 歩いた ので 、 脹脛 が パンパン だ 。

My calves are swollen because I walked for a long time.

膨脹 ぼうちょう
風船 が 膨脹 して 割れた

The balloon expanded and burst.

Example Vocabulary

脹脛

ふくらはぎ

calf

脹ら脛

ふくらはぎ

脹らむ

ふくらむ

膨脹

ぼうちょう

expansion; swelling

脹れる

ふくれる

脹れっ面

ふくれっつら

脹れ上がる

ふくれあがる

腫脹

しゅちょう

火脹れ

ひぶくれ

水脹れ

みずぶくれ

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