Memory phrase for the character: 膨

膨

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Meaning

swell, expand, get fat, bulge

Pronunciation

 BŌ
fukuramu/reru

Explanation

 From left: body 月/肉, drums 壴 (with a twig 十 on a bean-like 豆 drums), hair 彡 (here: water 氵)

Mnemonic
 
The bodies of the ten beans in the water 彡 swell and expand.

Radicals

肉 body part, meatThe radical niku is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: 月, which looks equal to: "moon, month 月" but still has the meaning 'body part'.
壴 drumRadical: tsuzumi
豆 beanThe radical mame is interpreted as showing a bean 一 that is in a pot 口 (with a stand).
彡 hairThe radical sanzukuri shows three hair.
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 Vocabulary

膨らます ふくらます  to swell, to expand, to inflate, to bulge
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 get cross, to get sulky, to swell (out), to expand, to be inflated, to distend, to bulge
膨大 ぼうだい  huge, bulky, enormous, extensive, swelling, expansion
膨張 ぼうちょう  expansion, swelling, increase, growth

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