含 – contain, include, hold in the mouth

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#466 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 含 means contain, include, hold in the mouth, bear in mind, understand, cherish. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガン (gan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふく.む、ふく.める (fukumu, fukumeru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ガン	gan
Kun’yomi	ふく.む	fukumu
Kun’yomi	ふく.める	fukumeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 口・个・一.

Words using 含

含むふくむto contain含めるふくめるto include (in a group or scope)

Example sentences

このビタミン剤は栄養分を豊富に含んでいる。

The vitamin pill contains abundant nutrition.

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ウィンブルドンには、センターコートを含めて１８の芝生コートがある。

Wimbledon has eighteen grass courts, including the Center Court.

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Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営可商味

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