葬 — kanji meaning “interment”
葬
interment, bury, shelve
- Meanings
- interment, bury, shelve
- On'yomi
- ソウ (sou)
- Kun'yomi
- ほうむ.る
- Name readings
- はふり
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #754 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- zàng — Chinese character page
Words with 葬
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 葬式 | そうしき soushiki | funeral |
| 葬儀 | そうぎ sougi | funeral; funeral service |
| 埋葬 | まいそう maisou | burial |
| 冠婚葬祭 | かんこんそうさい kankonsousai | important ceremonial occasions in family relationships |
| 火葬 | かそう kasou | cremation |
| 葬る | ほうむる houmuru | to bury; to inter; to entomb |
| 葬列 | そうれつ souretsu | funeral procession |
| 葬祭 | そうさい sousai | funerals and ceremonial occasions |
| 副葬品 | ふくそうひん fukusouhin | grave goods; burial accessories |
| 葬送 | そうそう sousou | attending a funeral procession; seeing off the deceased; burial of someone's remains |
| 社葬 | しゃそう shasou | company funeral |
| 国葬 | こくそう kokusou | state funeral; national funeral |
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