Kanji N2

埋: bury, be filled up, embedded

埋 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning bury, be filled up, embedded, written with 10 strokes. It is read マイ (on) and うめる, うまる, うもれる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 埋める (うめる, to bury) and 埋蔵 (まいぞう, burying in the ground).

埋

Meanings

  • bury
  • be filled up
  • embedded
Strokes10
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1110 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • マイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • うめる
  • うまる
  • うもれる
  • うずめる
  • うずまる
  • いける

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 埋

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 埋めるうめる

    to bury (e.g. in the ground)

    JLPT N2
  • 埋蔵まいぞう

    burying in the ground

    JLPT N1
  • 埋まるうずまる

    to be buried; to be covered; to be surrounded

    JLPT N1
  • 埋め込むうめこむ

    to bury; to embed; to implant

    JLPT N1
  • 埋葬まいそう

    burial

  • 穴埋めあなうめ

    filling (up) a hole

  • 埋め立てうめたて

    land reclamation; land fill

  • 生き埋めいきうめ

    burying alive

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.