Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
fertilizer, get fat, fertile, manure, pamper
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1469 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fei2
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • engordar
  • fertilizar
  • abonar
  • abono
  • fertilizante
  • enriquecer

Portuguese

  • fertilizar
  • engordar
  • fértil
  • estrume
  • mimar

French

  • engrais
  • grossir
  • fertile
  • fumier
  • choyer
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)
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

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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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu2
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