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Japanese symbol for “inter”

Romaji: houmuru
to bury; to inter; to entomb

In Japanese, inter is , read (houmuru).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. v5r, vt to bury; to inter; to entomb
  2. v5r, vt to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

interment, bury, shelve
on: ソウ
kun: ほうむ.る
12 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
そうしき soushikifuneral
そうぎ sougifuneral; funeral service
まいそう maisouburial
かんこんそうさい kankonsousaiimportant ceremonial occasions in family relationships
かそう kasoucremation

See also: Chinese symbol for “inter”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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