# 葬 — Burial

Frequency rank 1314 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 匂 (Smell), less common than 汁 (Soup).

- On’yomi: そう
- Kun’yomi: ほうむ
- Radical: 艸 Grass (Kangxi 140)
- Frequency path: Level XI of XX

Grass on top, death in the middle, and flowers at the bottom — death surrounded by grass above and flowers below is a proper burial in nature.

In words:

- 葬る ほうむる — to bury;to inter;to entomb;to consign to oblivion;to shelve
- 葬式 そうしき — funeral

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