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埋

bury
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingマイ
Kun readingう.める、う.まる、う.もれる、うず.める、うず.まる、い.ける
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. buryRtK
  2. be filled up
  3. embedded
  1. to cover
  2. to bury (e.g. one's face in hands)
  3. to submerge
  4. to fill (completely)
  5. to stuff

Popular Usage

埋める埋まる埋め込む

Radicals and components

Radical土earth
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · computer

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 191

Compound words

埋めるうずめる
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff
埋まるうまる
to be buried; to be covered; to be surrounded; to overflow; to be crowded
埋め込むうめこむ
埋葬まいそう
burial
埋蔵まいぞう
burying in the ground; having underground deposits
埋没まいぼつ
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
穴埋めあなうめ
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; filler (e.g. article); making up (for a loss, damage, etc.)
埋もれるうもれる
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
埋め立てうめたて
land reclamation; land fill
生き埋めいきうめ
burying alive
埋め立て地うめたてち
reclaimed land
埋却まいきゃく
burial
埋込うめこみ
embedding
仮埋めかりうめ
temporary burial
仮埋葬かりまいそう
temporary burial
埋め込うめこみ
embedding
埋め草うめくさ
(page) filler
埋込みうめこみ
embedding
埋め込みうめこみ
embedding
生き埋めるいきうめる
to bury (someone) alive

Kun Reading Examples

彼の遺骨はここに埋められている。うめる
His ashes are buried here.tatoeba
誰がここに金塊を埋めたのだろう。うめる
Who buried the gold bars here?tatoeba
子犬は穴を掘って、食べ物を中に埋めた。うめる
The small dog dug a hole and buried his food in it.tatoeba
犬はよく骨を地面に埋める。うめる
Dogs often bury bones.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼はすっかり家庭生活に埋没していて働く気がない。
He is totally immersed in family life and has no wish to work.tatoeba
彼はこの墓地に埋葬されている。
He was buried in this graveyard.tatoeba
彼の遺骨はここに埋められている。
His ashes are buried here.tatoeba
彼がその穴埋めをした。
He made up for the deficit.tatoeba
竹筒で空気穴を設け、完全に埋める。
Completely bury the rock chamber except for a vent made of a bamboo tube.wiki
内部は中央通路をはさんで左右両側に円筒の壺を埋める。
It is arranged along a central aisle with cylindrical basins installed on the right and left sides.wiki
翌々年には大飢饉で、加茂川が餓死者で埋まる。
Two years later there occurred a severe famine, and many people starved to death in the region of the Kamogawa River.wiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

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