# 膨 — Swell

Frequency rank 1447 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 缶 (Can), less common than 嫁 (Bride).

- On’yomi: ぼう
- Kun’yomi: ふく
- Radical: 肉 Meat (Kangxi 130)
- Frequency path: Level XII of XX

Meat on the left swells against a drum with hair on the right — the flesh puffs up like a hairy drumhead being beaten until it swells outward.

In words:

- 膨らむ ふくらむ — to expand,to swell (out),to get big,to become inflated
- 膨れる ふくれる — to get cross;to get sulky;to swell (out);to expand;to be inflated;to distend;to bulge
- 膨らます ふくらます — to swell,to expand,to inflate,to bulge

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