Hanja Analyzer
埋

埋 — mae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
묻을 매
Romanization
mae
English
bury, secrete, conceal
Mandarin
mái
Japanese on'yomi
マイ, バイ
Japanese kun'yomi
う.める う.まる う.もれる うず.める うず.まる い.ける
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,110 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
土 (32, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
里(리)
Unicode
U+57CB

Parts that make up 埋

  • 土 흙 토, 뿌리 두 땅 위에 쌓인 흙더미흙·땅과 그 위에 세운 것
  • 里 마을 리sound 밭과 흙이 있는 터마을. 소리로도 자주 쓴다

How 埋 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 埋 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 貍.

Korean example words with 埋

  • 매몰埋沒 Korean gloss: 보이지 아니하게 파묻히거나 파묻음
  • 매축埋築 Korean gloss: 바닷가나 강가를 메워서 뭍으로 만드는 일
  • 매납埋納 Korean gloss: 시신을 매장할 때 여러 가지 물건을 함께 묻어 바침
  • 매립埋立 Korean gloss: 우묵한 땅이나 하천, 바다 등을 돌이나 흙 따위로 채움
  • 매장되다埋藏 Korean gloss: 묻혀서 감추어지다
  • 매장되다埋葬 Korean gloss: 시체나 유골 따위가 땅속에 묻히다
  • 매설되다埋設 Korean gloss: 지뢰, 수도관 따위가 땅속에 파묻혀 설치되다
  • 매복하다埋伏 Korean gloss: 상대편의 동태를 살피거나 불시에 공격하려고 일정한 곳에 몰래 숨다
  • 가매장假埋葬 Korean gloss: 시체를 임시로 묻음
  • 매설관埋設管 Korean gloss: 땅속에 파묻어 설치한 관
  • 매설물埋設物 Korean gloss: 땅속에 파묻어 설치한 물건
  • 매설장埋設場 Korean gloss: 어떤 장치를 묻어 놓은 곳

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 埋

  • 埋めるうめる 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 burying in the ground; having underground deposits
  • 埋葬まいそう burial
  • 穴埋めあなうめ filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap
  • 埋め立てうめたて land reclamation; land fill
  • 埋め立て地うめたてち reclaimed land
  • 生き埋めいきうめ burying alive
  • 埋設まいせつ laying underground (e.g. cables); burying (e.g. pipe)
  • 埋まるうまる to be buried; to be covered; to be surrounded
  • 埋め立てるうめたてる to reclaim; to fill up
  • 埋め合わせるうめあわせる to make up for; to compensate for; to offset
  • 埋もれるうもれる to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden

Characters sharing the phonetic 里

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “리” in Korean.

Other hanja read “매”

Other hanja with radical 土

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