Kanji Detail for 肥 - "fertile, fat, rich"

肥

Jōyō Kanji
Kyōiku Kanji

JLPT N1

ES grade 5

Meaning
肥 means "fertile, fat, rich."
1. Fertile - Rich in nutrients; productive.
2. Fat - Having excess flesh; plump.
3. Fertilize - To enrich; to make productive.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

fertilizer; get fat; fertile; manure; pamper

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

fat, plump, obese; fertile

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

fat, plump, obese; fertile

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

The opposite of thin. Having full flesh. All animals and plants with much fat are called 肥. Such as describing food as 肥美 (rich and delicious). | All abundance and sufficiency is called 肥. Such as dividing up wealth is called 分肥 (sharing the spoils). | To fertilize fields. Fertilizing to make soil rich. Hence anything used to fertilize fields is also called 肥 (fertilizer). Such as 獸肥 (animal fertilizer), 肥料 (fertilizer).
Onyomi

hi(ひ)
Kunyomi

futo.ru(ふとる)

ko.eru(こえる)

ko.yashi(こやし)

ko.yasu(こやす)

koe(こえ)
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

肉月 (niku・nikuzuki)
Related Keywords
fertile fat plump rich productive fertilize nourish enrich fatten grow thrive manure compost soil land corpulent stout heavy prosperous abundant