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膨 · swell, get fat

膨 is a kanji meaning swell, get fat, thick. It has 16 strokes and is on the JLPT N1 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ボウbō

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • ふくらむfukuramu
  • ふくれるfukureru

Practise the N1 kanji

In 第14巻 JLPT N1, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 膨 · 5 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 膨
WordReadingMeaningLevel
膨らますふくらますto swell, to expand, to inflateN2
膨らむふくらむto expand, to swell (out), to become inflatedN2
膨大ぼうだいenormous, extensiveN2
膨れるふくれるto swell (out), to be inflated, to bulgeN1
膨張ぼうちょうexpansion, swelling, increaseN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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