EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

    to swallow; to gulp down

    洪水がその村を飲み込んでしまった。
    The flood overwhelmed the village.
  2. to understand; to grasp; to take in; to catch on; to learn

  3. to engulf; to swallow up

  4. to be filled with (people); to contain

  5. to swallow (one's words); to suppress (a yawn, tears, etc.); to stifle; to hold back

Also written 呑み込む【のみこむ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

drink, smoke, take

Kun
の.む、-の.み
On
イン、オン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
969 of 2500
Radical
eat
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-8-4SKIP code
8b4.1The Kanji Dictionary
8778.2Four corner code
2862deroo
98f2Unicode hex code
1-16-91JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5159Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6680New Nelson (John Haig)
1692New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2127Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1111Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1510Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1474Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1584Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
935A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
489Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44063PMorohashi
230A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
323Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
323Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
351sakade
100Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
250henshall3
388Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
132Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.14busy_people
1903Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1486Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yin3, yin4Pinyin reading
eumKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani 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