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

    to swell; to become swollen; to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep); to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention)

    Usually written using kana alone

    手足がむくんでいます。
    My hands and legs are swollen.
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Characters in this word

2
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floating, float, rise to surface

Kun
う.くう.かれるう.かぶう.かべる
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
776 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 30

Built from

Used in names as

うき

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-7, 1-3-6SKIP code
3a6.11The Kanji Dictionary
3214.7Four corner code
347deroo
6d6eUnicode hex code
1-41-66JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2575Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3159New Nelson (John Haig)
435New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
522Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
319Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
393Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
730Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
787Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1047A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1069Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
991Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17487XMorohashi
1752A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
938Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
968Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
684Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1359Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
820Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1197Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
738Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu2Pinyin reading
buKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
30WaniKani level
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tumor, swelling

Kun
は.れるは.れは.らすはれもの
On
シュショウ
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2145 of 2500
Radical
meat

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-4-9SKIP code
4b9.1The Kanji Dictionary
7221.4Four corner code
816bUnicode hex code
1-28-80JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3797Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4848New Nelson (John Haig)
1310Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
951Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2467Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1807Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
29697Morohashi
2106Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
zhong3Pinyin reading
jongKorean reading