Memory phrase for the character: 肥

肥

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Meaning

fertilizer, fatten, enrich

Pronunciation

HI
koeru/yasu

Explanation

 Left: body 月/肉, right: var.of slumped person 㔾

Mnemonic
 
The body of that slumped person becomes: fertilizer.

Radicals

肉 body part, meatThe radical niku is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: 月, which looks equal to: "moon, month 月" but still has the meaning 'body part'.
巴 slumped personThis is a variation of the sitting person 匕




 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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