| 699 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 793 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 772 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1398 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3740 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 724 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1668 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 617 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1723 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1841 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1352 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1024 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1091 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 592 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 783 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1772 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29290 | Morohashi |
| 879 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4774 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1756 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1893 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 692 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1469 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 肥満 【ヒマン】 corpulence, fatness, obesity
- 肥大 【ヒダイ】 swelling, enlargement, becoming fat, hypertrophy
- 堆肥 【タイヒ】 compost, manure
- 追肥 【ツイヒ】 (adding) extra fertilizer or manure (fertiliser)
Kun reading compounds
- 肥える 【こえる】 to grow fat, to gain weight, to put on weight, to grow fertile (of soil), to be discerning (of one's palate, eye, ear, etc.), to be discriminating, to be refined, to become rich, to become wealthy
- 肥 【こえ】 manure, night soil, dung, fertiliser, fertilizer
- 肥える 【こえる】 to grow fat, to gain weight, to put on weight, to grow fertile (of soil), to be discerning (of one's palate, eye, ear, etc.), to be discriminating, to be refined, to become rich, to become wealthy
- 肥やす 【こやす】 to fertilize, to fertilise, to manure, to enrich
- 肥やし 【こやし】 manure, night soil, dung, fertiliser, fertilizer, something that will help one develop in the future
- 肥やし桶 【こやしおけ】 night soil pail
- 太る 【ふとる】 to put on weight, to gain weight, to grow fat, to get stout
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 こい、 ひえ
- Korean:
- bi
Spanish
- engordar
- fertilizar
- abonar
- abono
- fertilizante
- enriquecer
Portuguese
- fertilizar
- engordar
- fértil
- estrume
- mimar
French
- engrais
- grossir
- fertile
- fumier
- choyer
| 3956 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 7721.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 80a5 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 壺 【コ】 hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol)
- 壺中 【コチュウ】 inside a jar, coward, timid person
- 投壺 【トウコ】 pitch-pot (stick-throwing game)
- 唾壺 【ダコ】 spittoon
Kun reading compounds
- 壺 【つぼ】 pot, jar, vase, dice cup, depression, basin (e.g. of a waterfall), aim, what one wants, the mark, key point (of a conversation, etc.), essence, acupuncture point, moxibustion point, pressure point, position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.), target (when aiming an arrow)
- 壷洗い 【つぼあらい】 individually "washing" a partner's fingers or toes in one's vagina (esp. as a service at a soapland)
- 肥壺 【こえつぼ】 chamber pot, jerry
- 前つぼ 【まえつぼ】 frontal sandal strap (between the toes)
Readings
- Korean:
- ho
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 1099 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2183 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2890 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5662 | Morohashi |
| 1043 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3p9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 4010.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-52-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 58fa | Unicode hex code |