込
込·crowded, include, into
- On-yomi
- none
- Kun-yomi
- こむこめる
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 込む | こむ | to be crowded |
| 申し込む | もうしこむ | to apply, to sign up |
| 申し込み | もうしこみ | application |
| 税込み | ぜいこみ | tax included |
Example sentences
朝の電車はいつも込んでいます。
あさのでんしゃはいつもこんでいます。
The morning trains are always crowded.
来週のツアーに申し込みました。
らいしゅうのつあーにもうしこみました。
I signed up for next week's tour.
この値段は税込みですか。
このねだんはぜいこみですか。
Is this price tax-included?
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Spelling it 混む — both are read こむ and 混む is also correct, but 込む is the form you meet in compounds like 申し込む
- Saying 込んでいます for a busy person — busy people are 忙しい
Memory aid
Picture it
入 (to enter) on the road radical 辶 — everything piling in along the road.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 煮込むにこむto stew, to simmer
- 振り込みふりこみbank transfer
- 申し込むもうしこむto apply
- 書き込むかきこむto write in, fill in
- 人込みひとごみcrowd, throng of people
- 込むこむto be crowded
- 思い込むおもいこむto be convinced, assume
- 飛び込むとびこむto jump in, dive
- 引っ込み思案ひっこみじあんshy, withdrawn, retiring
- 巻き込むまきこむto involve, to drag into (trouble); to catch (in machinery)
- 詰め込むつめこむto cram; to stuff; to pack in
- 首を突っ込むくびをつっこむto poke one's nose into
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