字 Kanji Decipher

Meaning & readings

crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)

Kun’yomi -こ.む、こ.む、こ.み、-こ.み、こ.める
Nanori こみ、ごめ

Origin

This character combines "enter" (the component 入, which looks like something going in) with a vertical line on the right side to create the idea of crowding or packing things together. The sense is that when many things enter or go into a space, they become crowded or mixed together. Over time, this visual idea of multiple things being forced into one place came to mean "crowded," "packed together," or "included in a group." The character shows the concept of containment and density through its simple structure.

込 5 strokes

Components

  • 入 meaning part position.nyoc
  • ⻌ radical bottom-left wrap

Common words

  • 込む こむ to be crowded; to be packed
  • 振込 ふりこみ payment made via bank deposit transfer
  • 見込む みこむ to anticipate; to expect
  • 込める こめる to load (a gun, etc.); to charge
  • 仕込み しこみ training; education
  • 煮込む にこむ to boil well; to stew
  • 税込み ぜいこみ including tax (of a price); pretax (income or profits)
  • 見込み みこみ hope; promise

Related kanji

Same radical
Shares components

Reference

Strokes
5
Kangxi radical
162
Formation type
Compound ideographic (combined meanings)
Grade
Jōyō (secondary school)
Frequency rank
#675 (newspapers)
Former JLPT
level 2
Unicode
U+08FBC