What is the Kanji for "Contain" and "Include"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Contain" and "Include", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Contain" and "Include" is "含".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Fuku".

Its onyomi reading is "Gan".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "今" means "Now" and can be read as "Kon" and "Ima". And The kanji "口" means "Mouth" and can be read as "Ku", "Kuchi", and "Kou".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "含" mean in japanese?

"含" means "Contain" and "Include".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

含む: "Include". The verb '含む (ふくむ)' means 'to include'. This verb is used to indicate that something is a part of or contained within a larger whole. It can be used to describe physical objects as well as abstract concepts. For example: This box contains many items - (このボックスはたくさんの物を含んでいます). The proposal includes several new ideas - (提案には新しいアイデアが含まれています).

含める: "Include". The Japanese verb '含める (ふくめる)' means 'to include'. This verb is used to indicate that something is part of a larger whole or group. It can be used to describe adding an item or person to a set, list, or collection. For example: The report includes the latest sales figures - (レポートには最新の販売数字が含められている). The company's new product line will include a variety of colors - (同社の新製品ラインナップには色々な色が含められる).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "が" is read as "ga". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". The hiragana "ふ" is read as "fu". And The hiragana "く" is read as "ku".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.