Kanji
N1 16 strokes Grade 8 freq #1293

swell, get fat, thick

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

meat niku

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

huge; vast
expansion; swelling
expansion of credit; inflation of credit
expanding universe
currency expansion; inflation of currency
coefficient of expansion
ampulla
thermal expansion
coefficient of linear expansion
linear expansion

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to swell (out); to expand
to swell; to expand
to expand; to swell (out)
swelling; bulge
plump; full
to expand; to inflate
scab; swelling
to blow a bubble (with bubble gum)
to look displeased; to flare one's nostrils
to make (someone's) imagination go wild; to inspire (someone's) imagination

Example sentences

My uncle is possessed of great wealth.

Intel gets a huge royalty from the invention.

Many astronomers assume that the universe continues to expand forever.

Water expands with heat.