Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

    to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby)

    彼は両手で頭をかかえこんだ。
    He buried his head in his hands.
  2. to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

Also written かかえ込む【かかえこむ】抱えこむ【かかえこむ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

embrace, hug, hold in arms

Kun
だ.くいだ.くかか.える
On
ホウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
871 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 37

Built from

Used in names as

たば

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3c5.15The Kanji Dictionary
5701.2Four corner code
1356deroo
62b1Unicode hex code
1-42-90JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1883Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2125New Nelson (John Haig)
306New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
363Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
227Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
271Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
645Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
697Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1229A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
584Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1633Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11917PMorohashi
1794A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1285Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1359Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
562Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1186Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1012Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
883Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
652Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bao4Pinyin reading
poKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
37WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)

Kun
-こ.むこ.むこ.み-こ.みこ.める
Strokes
5
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
675 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Used in names as

こみごめ

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
3-3-2, 3-2-2SKIP code
2q2.3The Kanji Dictionary
3830.0Four corner code
3562deroo
8fbcUnicode hex code
1-25-94JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4660Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6010New Nelson (John Haig)
3030New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3762Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1917Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2608Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
780Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
843Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
280A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
178Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
987Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38712PMorohashi
1275A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
776Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
790Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
948Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1055Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
396crowley
961Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.9busy_people
675Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
787Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ibKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level