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Kanji Detail for 埋 - "to bury, to fill"

埋

  • Meaning

    埋 means "to bury, to fill." Also associated with to hide.

    1. Bury - To put underground; to inter.

    2. Fill - To make full; to complete.

    3. Hide - To conceal by covering.

  • Words using 埋

    • 埋蔵 まいぞう Listen burying in the ground; having underground deposits
    • 埋葬 まいそう Listen burial
    • 穴埋め あなうめ Listen filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap
    • 埋め立て うめたて Listen land reclamation; land fill
    • 埋め立て地 うめたてち Listen reclaimed land
    • 生き埋め いきうめ Listen burying alive
    • 埋まる うまる Listen to be buried; to be covered; to be surrounded
    • 埋める うずめる Listen to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge

  • Tattoo check: 埋

    • Verified meaning: to bury, to fill
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read うずみ)
    • Also carries these associations: to hide

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 埋

    Surnames 埋(うずみ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bury; be filled up; embedded

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    bury, secrete, conceal

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to bury

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to bury; to conceal; to plant

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To bury in a funeral. Burial not according to proper rites is called 埋. | To hide. Meaning hidden in the earth. Such as 埋沒 (bury and forget).

  • Onyomi

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    mai(マイ) マイ

  • Kunyomi

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    i.keru(い-ける) い-ける

    u.maru(う-まる) う-まる

    u.meru(う-める) う-める

    u.moreru(う-もれる) う-もれる

    uzu.maru(うず-まる) うず-まる

    uzu.meru(うず-める) うず-める

  • Strokes

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    10 strokes

  • Radical

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    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    to bury to fill to hide conceal embed supplement inter cover submerge underground pack implant

Sentences including 埋

  • I'll make it up for you.

  • We must make up for lost time.

  • It's difficult to make up for lost time.

  • I must make up for lost time.

  • We must make up for lost time.

  • Lost time must be made up for.

  • I hurried to make up for the lost time.

  • There's no way i can make it up to you.

  • This is to make up for the last time.

  • I must make up for lost time by driving fast.

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