The kanji 葬: meaning, readings and stroke order

葬

Meaning: bury, funeral
On reading: ソウ sou
Kun reading: ほうむ（る） houmuru
Strokes: 12
Radical: 艸 grass
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chôn cất, đám tang (táng)
Japanese: しんだひとをほうむる。そうしき。
Korean: 장사 지내다, 장례 (장)
Chinese: 埋葬、葬礼

Readings, words and example sentences

ソウ sou · on reading · less common

葬そう式しき
funeral
葬そう式しきにさんれつします。
I attend a funeral.

ほうむ（る） houmuru · kun reading · less common

葬ほうむる
to bury (the dead)
ていねいに 葬ほうむります。
They bury the dead with care.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.