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脹 — Dilate

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary school
dilate, distend, bulge, fill out, swell
On’yomiチョウ (chou)
Kun’yomiれる (hareru)
Kun’yomiふくらむ (fukuramu)
Kun’yomiふくれる (fukureru)

Stroke order (12 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Study notes

脹 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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