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葬

interment
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingソウ
Kun readingほうむ.る
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. intermentRtK
  2. bury
  3. shelve
  1. to bury
  2. to inter
  3. to entomb
  4. to cover up
  5. to hush up

Popular Usage

葬式

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹) · death · bones (骨) · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · evening · spoon (匕) · sitting on the ground · two hands

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 879

Compound words

葬式そうしき
funeral
火葬かそう
cremation
葬るほうむる
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up
葬儀そうぎ
funeral; funeral service
葬送そうそう
attending a funeral procession; seeing off the deceased; burial of someone's remains; observing a burial
葬列そうれつ
funeral procession
埋葬まいそう
burial
社葬しゃそう
company funeral
葬祭そうさい
funerals and ceremonial occasions
副葬品ふくそうひん
grave goods; burial accessories
お葬式おそうしき
funeral
冠婚葬祭かんこんそうさい
important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
仮葬かそう
temporary burial
会葬かいそう
attendance at a funeral
改葬かいそう
reburial
公葬こうそう
public funeral
国葬こくそう
state funeral
神葬しんそう
Shinto funeral
葬りほうむり
burial
葬斂そうれん
burying (a corpse)
仏葬ぶっそう
Buddhist funeral
斂葬れんそう
interment
仮埋葬かりまいそう
temporary burial
会葬者かいそうしゃ
attendants at a funeral

Additional Examples

彼はこの墓地に埋葬されている。
He was buried in this graveyard.tatoeba
彼の葬式に行かなかった事を後悔している。
I feel bad about not having gone to his funeral.tatoeba
彼の葬式には大勢の人が参列した。
A great many people attended his funeral.tatoeba
彼の葬式には出なかった。
I didn't attend his funeral.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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