Japanese kanji 込

The verb around it sets the sense. In Japanese compounds ending in 込む, it can show movement inward, as in 押し込む (“force something in”), or an action carried on deeply, as in 話し込む (“talk at length”). Read the whole compound to choose the meaning.

込 is a Japanese-made kanji (kokuji), built from 入 (“enter”) and 辵, a movement element written 辶 on the left. Japanese dictionaries cite 込む meaning “put into” in the Japanese tale Utsuho Monogatari around 970–999, and “be crowded” in writer Murasaki Shikibu’s diary around 1010. These dates mark word uses, not the invention of the character.