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葬 ほうむ.る interment, bury, shelve 1 754 12 140 くさ・くさかんむり 会意 Compound Ideographic I imagine an interment as a funeral. At this funeral it´s an open casket, and the dead body (death) is holding flowers with both of its hands. 816

Accepted Answer

ソウ はふり 葬式(そうしき): funeral葬る(ほうむる): to bury; to inter; to entomb; to consign to oblivion; to shelve S 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140)死: death; die廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) 艸 6 (none) interment During the interment ceremony, the grandchildren placed flowers over the dead body while the widow sat praying with two hands.

Kanji	葬
Onyomi	ソウ
Kunyomi	ほうむ.る
Nanori	はふり
English	interment, bury, shelve
Examples	葬式(そうしき): funeral 葬る(ほうむる): to bury; to inter; to entomb; to consign to oblivion; to shelve
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	754
Components	艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 死: death; die 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
Number of Strokes	12
Kanji Radical	艸
Radical Number	140
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	くさ・くさかんむり
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	interment
Koohii Story 1	I imagine an interment as a funeral. At this funeral it´s an open casket, and the dead body (death) is holding flowers with both of its hands.
Koohii Story 2	During the interment ceremony, the grandchildren placed flowers over the dead body while the widow sat praying with two hands.
RTK Index	816

Interment Shelve Funeral Radical Dead Body Flowers Hands