Japanese Symbols

Japanese Kanji

埋

mai

bury · be filled up · embedded

Secondary school · JLPT N2 · 10 strokes

Readings

  • ONマイmai
  • KUNう.めるu
  • KUNう.まるu
  • KUNう.もれるu

Meaning

Bury, be filled up, embedded.

Stroke order

Stroke order for 埋

埋 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N2 (upper intermediate) level. With 10 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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