The kanji 埋: meaning, readings and stroke order
埋
- Meaning
- bury, fill up
- On reading
- マイ mai
- Kun reading
- う(める) umeru、う(まる) umaru、う(もれる) umoreru
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 土 earth
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- chôn, lấp (mai)
- Japanese
- うめる。うまる。
- Korean
- 묻다, 메우다 (매)
- Chinese
- 埋、填
Readings, words and example sentences
マイ mai · on reading · less common
埋蔵
buried (in the ground)
埋蔵された 宝を さがします。
They search for buried treasure.
う(める) umeru · kun reading
埋める
to bury, to fill in
庭に 種を 埋めます。
I bury seeds in the garden.
う(まる) umaru · kun reading · less common
埋まる
to be buried, to be filled up
雪で 道が 埋まりました。
The road was buried under snow.
う(もれる) umoreru · kun reading · less common
埋もれる
to be buried (under)
落ち葉に 埋もれて います。
It is buried under fallen leaves.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.