埋 means “bury, fill in”

うめる · umeru

Also: be filled up, embedded

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): うめる, うまる, うもれる, うずめる, うずまる
On'yomi (Chinese reading): マイ

JLPT N2 · Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

Earth (土) piled over a village (里): picture a whole village lost under the soil. 埋める is to bury or fill in, and 埋め立て地, land filled in from the sea, makes up much of Tokyo Bay's shore, Odaiba included.

Used in 埋める (umeru, to bury/fill in), 穴埋め (anaume, filling a gap), and 埋め立て (umetate, land reclamation)

埋 means “bury, fill in”

The story

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