Kanji

肥

肥

fertilizer, get fat, fertile, manure, pamper

Kanji

Grade

Grade 5

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

肉部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ヒ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

こえる, こえ, こやす, こやし, ふとる

Nanori (Name Reading)

うま, こえ, とし, とみ, とも, みつ, ゆたか

Common Readings

ヒ, こえ, こ…える, こ…やし, こ…やす

Example sentences

肥料 ひりょう
農家 は 畑 に 肥料 を まいた 。

The farmer sowed fertilizer in the field.

肥沃 ひよく
この 川 の 周り に は 肥沃 な 土壌 が 広がっている

Fertile soil spreads around this river.

土壌 どじょう
この 地方 の 土壌 は 肥沃 だ 。

The soil in this region is fertile.

Example Vocabulary

肥料

ひりょう

fertilizer; manure

肥える

こえる

肥大化

ひだいか

肥大

ひだい

肥沃

ひよく

fertile, rich (soil)

肥満

ひまん

私腹を肥やす

しふくをこやす

肥やし

こやし

肥え太る

こえふとる

舌が肥える

したがこえる

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