10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 8th grade
JLPT exam level N2

bury, be filled up, embedded

Kun'yomi
  • to bury (e.g. in the ground) ②to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall) ③to plug (a gap) ④to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.)
  • to be buried ②to overflow ③to be repaid (e.g. debt) ④to be filled (e.g. blank, vacancy, schedule)
  • to be buried
  • to cover ②to fill (completely)
  • to be buried ②to overflow ③to be repaid (e.g. debt) ④to be filled (e.g. blank, vacancy, schedule)
  • to bury something in the ground ②to cover coals with ash
On'yomi
  • マイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

bury, be filled up, embedded
う.める マイ うず.める (8th, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
ri, village, parent's home
さと リ さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)

Common Words

to cover ②to fill (completely)
to be buried ②to overflow ③to be repaid (e.g. debt) ④to be filled (e.g. blank, vacancy, schedule)
to bury (e.g. in the ground) ②to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall) ③to plug (a gap) ④to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.)
filling (up) a hole ②filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.) ③cloze deletion (test format)
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References

Unicode hex code 57CB
JIS X 0208 1-43-68
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Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3b7.2
Four corner code 4611.4
De Roo Code 1472