漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
埋: bury, be filled up
Also: embedded
JLPT N210 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
土 carries the meaning · 里 gives the sound
10 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
マイmai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 埋蔵物まいぞうぶつburied property
- 埋没するまいぼつするbe buried, sink into ground
- 埋葬するまいそうするbury (a person)
うめるumeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 埋めるうめるbury, fill, plug gaps
- 埋め立て地うめたてちreclaimed land
- 生き埋めいきうめburying alive
うまるumaru · kun'yomi
- 埋まるうまるbe buried, be filled [v.i.]
うもれるumoreru · kun'yomi
- 埋もれるうもれるbe buried, be covered [v.i.]
Also read うずめる, うずまる, いける, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a cross planted firmly in the ground—that's 土! It shows a stake or a seedling marking the earth, reminding us of farming, construction, and the solid foundation upon which we build our lives and cities.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
The 里 family reads リ (ri); 埋 is read マイ.
Also read マイ
5 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mái
Same form: 埋 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 埋 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 埋 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin mái most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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