The kanji 脹 primarily conveys the meaning of swelling, expansion, or fullness. It describes a state of being enlarged, distended, or puffed up. This can relate to physical swelling, like a swollen body part, or a figurative expansion, like an increase in volume or intensity.

・On-yomi (音読み): チョウ (chou) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ふく（らむ） (fuku(ramu)) – to swell, to expand; は（れる） (ha(reru)) – to swell

⚫︎腹が脹れる Translation: My stomach is swollen. ⚫︎脹満 Translation: Fullness; replete. ⚫︎脹れ Translation: Swelling.

The kanji 脹 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phono-semantic compound character. It is composed of two parts: ⚫︎月 (つき / tsuki), the "moon" radical, also used to indicate "flesh" or "body" in this context. ⚫︎長 (ちょう / chou), meaning "long" or "grow." The combination suggests the expansion or enlargement of something physical. The 月 radical indicates that the swelling is related to the body, and the 長 part provides the sound and hints at the process of becoming bigger.