葬
葬 — Interment
interment, bury, shelve
On’yomiソウ (sou)
Kun’yomiほうむる (houmuru)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 葬
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 葬儀 | そうぎ sougi | funeral; funeral service |
| 社葬 | しゃそう shasou | company funeral |
| 葬式 | そうしき soushiki | funeral |
| 埋葬 | まいそう maisou | burial |
| 葬送 | そうそう sousou | attending a funeral procession; seeing off the deceased; burial of someone's remains |
| 火葬 | かそう kasou | cremation |
Study notes
葬 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #754 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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