The kanji 込 primarily conveys the idea of "to include," "to put in," "to cram," or "to be included/crowded." It suggests the act of incorporating something into a larger whole, filling a space, or becoming part of something. It often implies a sense of entering, entering into, or merging with something.

・On-yomi (音読み): こく (koku) - Less common, often found in compound words. ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): 込む (komu) - to be crowded, to include, to be packed; 込める (komeru) - to put in, to include, to fill.

⚫︎申し込み (moushikomi) Translation: Application; request. ⚫︎詰め込む (tsumekomu) Translation: To pack in; to cram. ⚫︎思いを込めて (omoi o komete) Translation: With feeling; with all one's heart.

The kanji 込 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字). The left side is a radical and the right side is a phonetic component. The radical suggests an action or movement (like the movement of going into something). The right side, in old characters, acted as a sound component and thus is related to pronunciation. It graphically represents the action of something entering or being incorporated into something else, reflecting its core meanings.