Memory phrase for the Kanji: 肥


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Meaning

fertilizer, fatten, enrich

Pronunciation

HI
koeru/yasu

Explanation

Left: body /, right: var.of slumped person

Mnemonic

The body of that slumped person becomes: fertilizer.

Radicals

body part, meatThis radical is at the left side of a character and typically drawn as: , which looks equal to: "moon, month " but still has the meaning body-part.
slumped personAs a variante of the sitting person
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Vocabulary

 肥やす  こやす  fertilize enriching
 肥える  こえる  to grow fat, to gain weight, to put on weight
 肥料  ひりょう  manure, fertilizer, fertiliser
 肥沃な  ひよくな  fruitful, fertile
 肥満  ひまん  corpulence, fatness, obesity​

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