埋
埋 — Bury
bury, be filled up, embedded
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)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 埋
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 埋める | うめる umeru | to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed |
| 埋蔵 | まいぞう maizou | burying in the ground; having underground deposits |
| 埋葬 | まいそう maisou | burial |
| 穴埋め | あなうめ anaume | filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap |
| 埋め立て地 | うめたてち umetatechi | reclaimed land |
| 埋め立て | うめたて umetate | land reclamation; land fill |
Study notes
埋 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1110 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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