埋 – bury, be filled up, embedded

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1110 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 埋 means bury, be filled up, embedded. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is マイ (mai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is う.める、う.まる、う.もれる、うず.める、うず.まる、い.ける (umeru, umaru, umoreru, uzumeru, uzumaru, ikeru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	マイ	mai
Kun’yomi	う.める	umeru
Kun’yomi	う.まる	umaru
Kun’yomi	う.もれる	umoreru
Kun’yomi	うず.める	uzumeru
Kun’yomi	うず.まる	uzumaru
Kun’yomi	い.ける	ikeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 土・里.

Words using 埋

埋めるうめるto bury (e.g. in the ground)埋まるうまるto be buried埋蔵まいぞうburying in the ground埋めるうずめるto cover埋め込むうめこむto bury

Example sentences

犬はよく骨を地面に埋める。

Dogs often bury bones.

Tatoeba #175288

問題は、この必要な隔たりを埋めるのが知覚であるという点にある。

The problem lies in the fact that the necessary gap is bridged by perception.

Tatoeba #79857

この区域に財宝が埋まっているという話だ。

It is said that treasure is buried in this area.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城執坂

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