Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
1293 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 16
Meaning: swell, get fat, thick
Kunyomi: ふく.らむ ふく.れる
Onyomi: ボウ
Composition: 月 彭
Radical: 肉
Meaning: meat
膨張 (ボウチョウ) expansion, swelling, increase, growth
膨大 (ボウダイ) huge, vast, enormous, colossal, extensive, large, swelling, expansion
海膨 (カイボウ) rise
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