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埋 = 土 + 里

埋 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bury”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 里 (ri). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 191.

Keyword
bury
RTK frame
191
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
マイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
う.める, う.まる, う.もれる, うず.める, うず.まる, い.ける
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
хоронить
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
埋 bury

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 土 soil
  2. 里 ri

How to find 埋 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “ri”. 埋 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 埋 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.