Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

431 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: incur, cover, veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film), receiving

Kunyomi: こうむ.る おお.う かぶ.る かぶ.せる

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: clothes

Examples

Onyomi Examples

indicates the target of an activity, -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)

ヒガイ (suffering) damage, injury, harm

ガイヒ (protective) coat, casing, housing, jacket

カヒ perianth, floral envelope

Kunyomi Examples

こうむる to suffer, to receive (kindness, rebuke, support), to sustain (damage)

覆う おおう to cover, to hide, to conceal, to wrap, to disguise

かぶる to put on (one's head), to wear, to have on, to pull over (one's head), to crown (oneself), to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.), to pour (water, etc.) on oneself, to dash on oneself, to ship water, to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.), to take (blame), to assume (responsibility), to shoulder (burden), to overlap (e.g. sound or color), to be similar, to be redundant, to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.), to close, to come to an end, to get a full house, to sell out, to blunder, to bungle, to fail, to be deceived

せる かぶせる to cover (with something), to put on (e.g. on someone else's head), to plate something (with a metal), to pour or dash a liquid (on something), to charge (a person with a guilt)