含

音読おんよみ: ガン

訓読くんよみ: ふくむ・ふくめる

画数かくすう: 7

部首ぶしゅ: 口（くち）

Meaning

Include / Contain / Hold in Mouth

  • 含ふくむ — to include; to hold in the mouth
  • 含ふくめる — to include; to make aware
  • 含有がんゆう — inclusion; content
  • 内含ないがん — internal inclusion
  • 包含ほうがん — inclusion; to cover

Think of a mouth holding something inside — that’s the core of 含. From there, the meaning expands to “include” or “contain,” not just physically, but also in a broader sense of holding or embracing.

今

Picture the sound element 今 (now) combined with a mouth — as if holding words inside. It helps you recall that 含 means “to contain” or “to include.”

有
Forms

含有がんゆう — inclusion; to contain

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