What is the Kanji for "Swell"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Swell", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Swell" is "膨".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Fuku".

Its onyomi reading is "Bou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "月" means "Moon" and "Month" and can be read as "Tsuki", "Getsu", and "Gatsu". And The component "彭" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "膨" mean in japanese?

"膨" means "Swell".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

膨らむ: "Swell". The verb '膨らむ (ふくらむ)' means 'to swell'. This verb is used to describe something that increases in size, volume or magnitude. It can be applied to physical objects that expand, as well as abstract concepts that grow in importance or intensity. For example: The balloon is swelling - (風船がふくらんでいる). Her pride swelled with the victory - (彼女の誇りが勝利とともに膨らんだ).

膨大: "Huge". The Japanese noun '膨大 (ぼうだい)' means 'huge'. This noun is used to describe something that is extremely large in size, volume, or quantity. It conveys a sense of greatness or enormity. For example: The company has a huge budget - (その会社は膨大な予算を持っている). There is a huge amount of work to do - (膨大な量の仕事がある).

膨れる: "Swell". The Japanese verb '膨れる (ふくれる)' means 'to swell'. This verb is used to describe when something increases in size, volume or becomes inflated. It can be used for physical objects like a balloon inflating, or more abstract things like someone's anger or frustration swelling up. For example: My face swelled up after the bee sting - (私の顔は蜂に刺されて膨れ上がった). The river swelled with the heavy rains - (川は大雨で膨れ上がった).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "ぼ" is read as "bo". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "ふ" is read as "fu". And The hiragana "く" is read as "ku".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.