Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: dilate, distend, bulge, fill out, swell

Kunyomi: は.れる ふく.らむ ふく.れる

Onyomi: チョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: meat

Examples

Onyomi Examples

チョウマン tympanites, abdominal dropsy, bloating of the abdominal region

鼓腸 コチョウ flatulence, meteorism, tympanites, bloat, bloating

シュチョウ swelling

Kunyomi Examples

腫れる はれる to swell (from inflammation), to become swollen

膨らむ ふくらむ to expand, to swell (out), to get big, to become inflated

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