Memory phrase for the character: 膨
膨
Meaning
swell, expand, get fat, bulge Pronunciation
BŌ fuku ramu/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
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When you put the bodies of the ten beans into the water 彡, they will swell and expand. Radicals
肉
body part, meat The 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
drum Radical: tsuzumi - I strike with the stick 十 on the bean-shaped 豆 drum.
十
ten, 10 Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.
豆
bean The radical mame is interpreted as showing a bean 一 that is in a pot 口 (with a stand).
彡
hair The radical sanzukuri shows three hair.
Vocabulary
膨らます
ふくらます
to swell, to expand, to inflate, to bulge
5096
膨らむ ふくらむ
to expand, to swell (out), to get big, to become inflated
5097
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
5098
膨大 ぼうだい
huge, bulky, enormous, extensive, swelling, expansion
5099
膨張 ぼうちょう
expansion, swelling, increase, growth
5100
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