膨
swollen
16 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,317 U+81A8
How 膨 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 彭 (phonetic, péng)
How to remember it
puffy · Heisig RSH #2704
flesh + drum + rooster tail
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 彭
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 彭 (péng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 彭 sound component | péng | name of an ancient country; surname |
| 澎 | péng | to splatter |
| 蟛 | péng | land-crab; Grapsus |
| 嘭 | pēng | onomatopoetic, the sound of a crash or bang |
| 甏 | bèng | a squat jar for holding wine, sauces, etc |
Words containing 膨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恶性通货膨胀 | è xìng tōng huò péng zhàng | hyperinflation |
| 膨松剂 | péng sōng jì | leavening agent |
| 通货膨胀 | tōng huò péng zhàng | inflation |
| 膨大 | péng dà | to swell; to inflate |
| 膨润土 | péng rùn tǔ | bentonite (mineralogy) |
| 膨化 | péng huà | to pop (corn into popcorn); to puff (grains, legumes etc) |
| 通膨 | tōng péng | (Tw) inflation (abbr. for 通貨膨脹|通货膨胀[tong1 huo4 peng2 zhang4]) |
| 膨压 | péng yā | turgor pressure (botany) |
| 膨胀 | péng zhàng | to expand; to inflate; to swell |