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Kotomora

葬

interment, bury, shelve

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • ソウ

Kun'yomi

  • ほうむ.る

Nanori

  • はふり

Meaning

葬 centers on the formal act of putting something away permanently: burying the dead, interring remains, or metaphorically shelving a matter so it is no longer active.

Most common words using 葬

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  • 葬儀そうぎ

    funeral; funeral service

  • 埋葬まいそう

    burial

  • 葬式そうしき
    N3

    funeral

  • 火葬かそう

    cremation

  • 葬るほうむる
    N1

    to bury; to inter; to entomb

  • 葬そう

    funeral

  • 冠婚葬祭かんこんそうさい
    N1

    important ceremonial occasions in family relationships

  • 葬祭そうさい

    funerals and ceremonial occasions

  • 葬送そうそう

    attending a funeral procession; seeing off the deceased; burial of someone's remains; observing a burial

  • 葬列そうれつ

    funeral procession

  • 土葬どそう

    burial; interment

  • 国葬こくそう

    state funeral; national funeral

  • 副葬品ふくそうひん

    grave goods; burial accessories

  • 改葬かいそう

    reburial

  • 社葬しゃそう

    company funeral

  • 密葬みっそう

    private funeral

  • 水葬すいそう

    burial at sea

  • お葬式おそうしき

    funeral

  • 会葬かいそう

    attendance at a funeral

  • 葬儀社そうぎしゃ

    undertaker's office; funeral home; funeral parlor

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Etymology

葬 combines 死 (death) with a grass-like element above and below, suggesting the traditional practice of covering a body with grass or placing it among plants during burial.

Meaning mnemonic

The top and bottom grass-like strokes wrap around 死 (death), like a body being covered with grass and earth during a burial. This is the kanji for interment and shelving something away.

Reading mnemonic

For ソウ, imagine a solemn burial where the soul (ソウ) of the deceased is laid to rest under the grass-covered mound: soul -> ソウ.