Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

754 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: interment, bury, shelve

Kunyomi: ほうむ.る

Onyomi: ソウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: grass

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ソウ funeral

ソウギ funeral service

カソウ cremation

ソウソウ funeral, burial rites, attendance at a funeral

Kunyomi Examples

ほうむる to bury, to inter, to entomb, to cover up, to hush up, to shelve