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膨 means 'swell'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 1457   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-22    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 28 words   Used in 41 words   Used in 1 name   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ボウ
Kun
   ふくらむ to swell, bulge, expand   ふくれる to swell; to sulk
Notes
Right side is a rare kanji, 彭 (-)
Components
⿲  ⺼ (肉) body part  壴 ten beans  彡 fur  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 膨 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 膨 is used 41 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ボウ : 19 words FIND ALL
ぼ う だ い 0
1. huge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive; multitudinous
2. swelling; expansion  (this meaning is restricted to form 膨大)
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ふくらむ : 16 words FIND ALL
ふ く ら む 0
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
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ふくらむ (read as ぶく) : 6 words FIND ALL
き ぶ く れ 0
noun
bundling up (in layers of clothes)
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An additional ふく.れる less common words include 膨 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1817  Joy o' Kanji : 1817  Key to Kanji: - 

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膨
ボウ   ふくらむ to swell, bulge, expand   ふくれる to swell; to sulk   
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彡
fur, bristles, beard   
⺼
ニク body part   
壴
ten beans
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
豆
トウ   ズ   まめ bean   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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䒑
grass   
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