crowded / included
N2- Onyomi
- こ(む)
- Stroke count
- 5
- JLPT
- N2
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 込 down and you get 入 (enter) — a wedge driven in at an angle, pushing through the doorway, and beside it ⻌ (road / movement) — a road running along the bottom of the character. Picture a road disappearing through a tunnel cut into a hillside, put 込 inside it, and let that scene stand for "crowded" — crowded / included. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 5
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は5画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 5 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
見込み
mikomi
expectation
申し込み
moushikomi
application
申し込みする
moushikomisuru
to do application
申し込みした
moushikomishita
plain past: did application
申し込み中です
moushikomichuudesu
in the middle of application
申し込みしない
moushikomishinai
plain negative: does not do application
Example sentences (6)
売り上げは伸びる見込みです。
うりあげ は のびる みこみ です。
uriage wa nobiru mikomi desu.
Sales are expected to grow.
回復の見込みが立たない以上、計画の見直しが必要です。
かいふく の みこみ が たたない いじょう、けいかく の みなおし が ひつよう です。
kaifuku no mikomi ga tatanai ijou, keikaku no minaoshi ga hitsuyou desu.
As long as there is no prospect of recovery, the plan needs to be revised.
セミナーの申し込みは金曜日までです。
せみなー の もうしこみ は きんようび まで です。
seminaa no moushikomi wa kin'youbi made desu.
Applications for the seminar are open until Friday.
申し込みはインターネットからでもできるようになりました。
もうしこみ は いんたーねっと から で も できる よう に なりました。
moushikomi wa intaanetto kara de mo dekiru you ni narimashita.
It has become possible to apply online as well.
登録者数は、来月にも十万人を突破する見込みです。
とうろくしゃすう は、らいげつ に も じゅうまんにん を とっぱ する みこみ です。
tourokushasuu wa, raigetsu ni mo juumannin o toppa suru mikomi desu.
The number of registered users is expected to pass one hundred thousand as early as next month.
申込書に記載された内容に誤りがないか、ご確認ください。
もうしこみしょ に きさい された ないよう に あやまり が ない か、ごかくにん ください。
moushikomisho ni kisai sareta naiyou ni ayamari ga nai ka, gokakunin kudasai.
Please check whether there are any errors in the details entered on the application form.