EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

    to draw (water); to ladle; to dip up; to scoop up; to pump

    彼は井戸へ行って水をくんできた。
    He fetched some water from the well.
  2. to pour (into a cup); to drink (together)

    see 酌むsee くむ・1

  3. to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit; to understand

  4. to draw upon; to inherit

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Characters in this word

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draw (water), ladle, scoop, pump

Kun
く.む
On
キュウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
water

Built from

Used in names as

くみ

Dictionary and index codes (16)
CodeReference
1-3-4SKIP code
3a3.7The Kanji Dictionary
3714.7Four corner code
6c72Unicode hex code
1-21-66JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2492Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3064New Nelson (John Haig)
265New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
310Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
235Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2322Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2413Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
403Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
17163XMorohashi
ji2Pinyin reading
geubKorean reading