Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

675 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)

Kunyomi: -こ.む こ.む こ.み -こ.み こ.める

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: しんにょう

Meaning: walk

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

める(こめる)   include, put into [v.t.]

閉じめる(とじこめる)   lock up, shut up, imprison

引っめる(ひっこめる)   draw in, take in, retract

む(こむ)   be crowded, be thronged [v.i.]

乗りむ(のりこむ)   board, embark on, get in

黙りむ(だまりこむ)   sink into silence

書きむ(かきこむ)   fill in (writing)

持ちむ(もちこむ)   bring in

払いむ(はらいこむ)   deposit, make payment

み(ひとごみ)   crowd of people

み(ぜいこみ)   tax included

Kunyomi Examples

こむ to be crowded, to be packed, to be congested, to be thronged (with), to be complex, to be intricate, to go into, to go in, to put into, to become (completely), to do thoroughly, to do sufficiently, to remain (silent, seated, etc.), to stay ...

こみ including, inclusive of, komi, extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)

混み合う こみあう to be crowded, to be packed, to be jammed

割り わりこみ queue jumping, breaking into a line, muscling in on, wedging oneself in, interruption, sharing a theater box (theatre), interrupt

差し さしこみ insertion, plug, (electrical) outlet, power point, spasm of pain, griping pain, (fit of) convulsions, stitch

める こめる to load (a gun, etc.), to charge, to put into (e.g. emotion, effort), to include (e.g. tax in a sales price), to hang over, to shroud, to enshroud, to envelop, to screen