EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to seclude oneself; to hide away; to stay inside (one's shell)

    Usually written using kana alone

    彼は、よく書斎にこもって、こういうものを書きます。
    He often shuts himself up in the study and writes things like this.
  2. to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to infuse with

    Usually written using kana aloneoft. as ...のこもったものsee 熱のこもった

  3. to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be stuffy; to be dense

    Usually written using kana alone

  4. to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

    Usually written using kana alonesee こもった声

  5. to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

    Usually written using kana alone

  6. to confine oneself in a temple to pray

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 篭もる【こもる】、隠る【こもる】、篭る【こもる】、籠る【こもる】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied

Kun
かご、こ.める、こも.る、こ.む
On
ロウ、ル
Strokes
22
Taught
Junior high
Radical
bamboo

Built from

Used in names as

ごめ、もり

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
2-6-16SKIP code
6f16.1The Kanji Dictionary
8821.1, 8871.6Four corner code
7c60Unicode hex code
1-68-38JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3458Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4376New Nelson (John Haig)
2734New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3398Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2383Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2977Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
26752Morohashi
1888Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
long2, long3Pinyin reading
rongKorean reading