込 means “crowded, into”

こむ · komu

Also: mixture, in bulk, included

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

こむ, こみ, こめる

JLPT N3 · Taught in secondary school · 5 strokes

The story

Moving (辶) and entering (入) at once: everyone pushing in. 込 was made in Japan, and it packs into daily life: a rush-hour train is 込んでいる, packed, and 税込, tax included, is on every price tag.

Used in 込む (komu, to be crowded), 申し込む (moushikomu, to apply), and 税込 (zeikomi, tax included)

More from Coming & Going

• 途 way
• 留 stay
• 散 scatter
• 浮 float
• 戻 go back
• 越 cross over
• 到 arrive
• 連 take along
• 向 face
• 放 release
• 残 remain
• 追 chase

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.