Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info: 土 (つち) – earth

Levels: JLPT N2 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 8
Frequency: #1110 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N3 Words

• 埋まる   [うまる]
  (v5r) to be buried; to be surrounded; to overflow; to be filled   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 埋める   [うめる]
  (v1) (1) to bury; (2) to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to fill (a seat, a vacant position); (3) to plug gaps; to stop a gap; (4) to make amends; to cover up for something; (5) to put cold water in a bath   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 埋まる   [うずまる]
  (v5r) to be buried; to be surrounded; to overflow; to be filled   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 埋める   [うずめる]
  (v1) to bury (e.g. one's face in hands)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 埋蔵   [まいぞう]
  (n) buried property; treasure trove   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 生き埋め   [いきうめ]
  (n) burying alive   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 穴埋め   [あなうめ]
  (n) filling in gaps; filling in blanks (in a form, etc)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 埋め立て   [うめたて]
  (n) filling up; reclamation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 埋め立て地   [うめたてち]
  (n) reclaimed land   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 埋もれる   [うもれる]
  (v1) to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 埋葬   [まいそう]
  (n) burial   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 埋没   [まいぼつ]
  (n,vs) burying; embedding   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 埋 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.