Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
Variants:
interment, bury, shelve
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
754 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 葬 【ソウ】 funeral
  • 葬儀 【ソウギ】 funeral, funeral service
  • 火葬 【カソウ】 cremation
  • 葬送 【ソウソウ】 attending a funeral procession, seeing off the deceased, burial of someone's remains, observing a burial

Kun reading compounds

  • 葬る 【ほうむる】 to bury, to inter, to entomb, to cover up, to hush up, to shelve

Readings

Japanese names:
はふり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zang4
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • entierro
  • enterrar

Portuguese

  • enterro
  • enterra
  • declive

French

  • funérailles
  • enterrer
  • abandonner (ajourner)
1523 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1436 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4000 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1593 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1705 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
812 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
831 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
801 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
662 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2910 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1496 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2022 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
824 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31448P Morohashi
2320 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5128 New Nelson (John Haig)
816 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
879 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1579 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1955 2001 Kanji
3k9.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
2-9-3 SKIP code
2-4-8 SKIP code
4444.1 Four corner code
1-33-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
846c Unicode hex code

9 strokes (also 8)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
escort, send
Kun:
おく.る
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
311 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 送球 【ソウキュウ】 throw, pass (in basketball, etc.), handball
  • 送還 【ソウカン】 sending home, repatriation, deportation
  • 葬送 【ソウソウ】 attending a funeral procession, seeing off the deceased, burial of someone's remains, observing a burial
  • 移送 【イソウ】 transfer, transport, transportation

Kun reading compounds

  • 送る 【おくる】 to send, to dispatch, to forward, to transmit, to ship, to remit, to see (someone) off, to escort, to accompany, to take, to bid farewell to (the departed), to say goodbye to, to bury, to spend (time), to pass, to lead (a life), to live, to pass (on, along), to advance (a runner), to affix (okurigana)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
song4
Korean:
song

Spanish

  • enviar
  • remitir
  • expedir

Portuguese

  • acompanhante
  • enviar

French

  • escorter
  • envoyer
268 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
349 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
331 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
220 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4683 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
192 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
260 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
441 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
447 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
206 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
686 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3837 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1968 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2664 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2035 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38842P Morohashi
3093 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6039 New Nelson (John Haig)
2016 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2172 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
440 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
335 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
963 2001 Kanji
2q6.9 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
3-2-6 SKIP code
3830.3 Four corner code
1-33-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9001 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
lack, yawn
Parts:
song, sing
Kun:
うたうた.う
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
519 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 歌劇 【カゲキ】 opera
  • 歌曲 【カキョク】 melody, tune, song
  • 演歌 【エンカ】 enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad, troubadour
  • 和歌 【ワカ】 waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

Kun reading compounds

  • 歌 【うた】 song, singing, classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka), modern poetry
  • 歌合 【うたあわせ】 poetry contest
  • 短歌 【たんか】 tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
  • 替え歌 【かえうた】 parody (of a song), new lyrics to an old melody, song parody
  • 歌う 【うたう】 to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)
  • 歌うたい 【うたうたい】 singer, vocalist, nagauta singer (in kabuki), singer of noh chants

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ge1
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • canción
  • cantar

Portuguese

  • canção
  • cantar

French

  • chanson
  • chanter
166 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
90 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
84 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
478 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2422 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
256 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
201 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2170 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.18 Japanese for Busy People
392 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
395 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
200 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1125 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2296 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1187 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1621 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
480 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16167 Morohashi
1825 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2945 New Nelson (John Haig)
469 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
508 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
486 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
230 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3162 2001 Kanji
4j10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-4 SKIP code
1768.2 Four corner code
1-18-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b4c Unicode hex code