Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 肥


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Meaning

fertilizer, fatten, enrich

Pronunciation

HI
koeru/yasu

Explanation

Left: body /, right: var.of slumped person

Mnemonic

The body of that slumped person becomes: fertilizer.

Radicals

body part, meat(This radical is at the left side of a character and typically drawn as: , which looks equal to: "moon, month " but still has the meaning body-part.)
slumped person(As a variante of the sitting person )
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Vocabulary

肥やす こやす fertilize enriching
肥える こえる to grow fat, to gain weight, to put on weight
肥料 ひりょう manure, fertilizer, fertiliser
肥沃な ひよくな fruitful, fertile
肥満 ひまん corpulence, fatness, obesity​

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