JLPT N1 · 12 strokes
Kanji 葬: "interment, bury, shelve"
The kanji 葬 means "interment, bury, shelve". It is written with 12 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ソウ in on'yomi and ほうむ.る in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ほうむ.る
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | interment, bury, shelve |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 12 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 754 of 2,501 |
Common words with 葬
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 葬るto bury; to inter; to entomb · to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
- 葬式funeral
- 葬儀funeral; funeral service
- 埋葬burial
- 屈葬crouched burial
- 葬り去るto consign to oblivion
- 葬funeral
- 火葬cremation
- 葬儀屋funeral parlor (parlour); funeral home; undertaker's · undertaker; mortician; funeral director
- 火葬場crematory; crematorium
- 葬送attending a funeral procession; seeing off the deceased; burial of someone's remains; observing a burial
- 葬列funeral procession
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