Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to swell up; to bulge

  2. to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon

Also written 脹れ上がる【ふくれあがる】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

swell, get fat, thick

Kun
ふく.らむふく.れる
On
ボウ
Strokes
16
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1293 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 52

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-4-12SKIP code
4b12.1The Kanji Dictionary
7222.2Four corner code
3960deroo
81a8Unicode hex code
1-43-36JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3818Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4874New Nelson (John Haig)
1084New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1380Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
741Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
999Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1719Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1855Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1589A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1362Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29861Morohashi
1817A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1145Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1198Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1682Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1835Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1354Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1043Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1735Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
peng2Pinyin reading
paengKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
52WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

above, up

Kun
うえ-うえうわ-かみあ.げる-あ.げるあ.がる-あ.がるあ.がり-あ.がりのぼ.るのぼ.りのぼ.せるのぼ.すたてまつ.る
On
ジョウショウシャン
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
35 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

あおいあげかきかずかんこうのぼりほつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-2SKIP code
2m1.1The Kanji Dictionary
2110.0Four corner code
1272deroo
4e0aUnicode hex code
1-30-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
798Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
10New Nelson (John Haig)
3404New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4212Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2128Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2876Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
49Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
50Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
21A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
47Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
29Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13Morohashi
37A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
32Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
32Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
20sakade
5Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
23henshall3
12Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
29crowley
31Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.14busy_people
6Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
49Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shang4, shang3Pinyin reading
sangKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level