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埋

埋 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

bury, be filled up, embedded

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • マイJHS
Kun (native)
  • う(める)JHS
  • う(まる)JHS
  • う(もれる)JHS
  • うず(める)
  • うず(まる)
  • い(ける)
Other languages
  • 拼音mai2
  • 拼音man2
  • 한글mae
  • Hán-ViệtMai

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
土(つち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+57CB

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰土里

Words using this kanji

  • 埋めるうめるto bury (e.g. in the ground), to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall), to cause to be packed, to plug (a gap)
  • 埋蔵まいぞう土の中に埋めて隠すこと、隠されていること。 鉱物などの資源が、地中に埋まっていること。burying in the ground, having underground deposits
  • 埋葬まいそう遺体・遺骨を土の中に葬ること。burial
  • 埋め立てうめたてland reclamation, land fill
  • 埋め立て地うめたてちreclaimed land
  • 埋まるうまるto be buried, to be covered, to be surrounded, to overflow
  • 埋もれるうもれるto be buried, to be covered, to be hidden
  • 埋没まいぼつ埋もれて見えなくなること。being buried, remaining unknown, being forgotten, being absorbed (e.g. in research)
  • 埋めるうずめるto cover, to bury (e.g. one's face in hands), to submerge, to fill (completely)
  • 埋設まいせつ地中に埋めるかたちで施設や設備をつくること。laying underground (e.g. cables), burying (e.g. pipe)
  • 埋め立てるうめたてるto reclaim, to fill up
  • 埋め合わせるうめあわせる「うめあわせる」の漢字表記。to make up for, to compensate for, to offset
  • 埋め合わせうめあわせ「うめあわせ」の漢字表記。compensation, amends, redeeming feature
  • 埋骨まいこつburial of ashes
  • 埋線まいせんunderground cable
  • 埋植まいしょくenthesis
  • 埋伏まいふく埋もれ隠れること。 待ち伏せすること。impaction
  • 埋却まいきゃくburial
  • 埋蔵金まいぞうきんburied gold, buried treasure
  • 埋蔵物まいぞうぶつburied property, buried treasure, treasure trove, deposits

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-7
Four Corner
4611.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3b7.2
Heisig
191
Nelson
1084