Kanji

肥

Meaning

fertilizer get fat fertile

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • こえる
  • こえ manure
  • こえ だめ tank for holding human waste (used for fertilizer)
  • こえ つち rich soil
  • こやす
  • こやし
  • ふとる

On'yomi

  • ひ まん corpulence
  • ひ りょう manure
  • ひ だい swelling

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/8

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Component Analysis

肥
fertilizer, get fat, fertile...
こ.える, こえ, ヒ
⺼
⺆
冫
( 氷 ) two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
こおり, ヒョウ
巴
comma-design
ともえ, うずまき, ハ
己
( 巳 ) self
おのれ, つちのと, コ
己
( 巳 ) self
おのれ, つちのと, コ
乙
the latter, duplicate, strange...
おと-, きのと, オツ

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