埋

Translingual

Han character

埋 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土田土 (GWG), four-corner 4611₄, composition ⿰土里)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 229, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5116
• Dae Jaweon: page 465, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 443, character 21
• Unihan data for U+57CB

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		埋

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (里) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
埋	*mrɯː
霾	*mrɯː
薶	*mrɯː
榸	*ʔr'ɯː
厘	*rɯ
狸	*rɯ
貍	*p·rɯ
梩	*rɯ
艃	*rɯ
里	*rɯʔ
理	*rɯʔ
鯉	*rɯʔ
俚	*rɯʔ
悝	*rɯʔ, *km̥ʰlɯː
娌	*rɯʔ
裏	*rɯʔ
荲	*r̥ʰɯɡ, *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 埋

1. to bury; to secrete; to conceal
2. (Cantonese) together; along with; close to; close together

   坐埋 [Cantonese]  ―  co⁵ maai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to sit next to

   企埋 [Cantonese]  ―  kei⁵ maai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to stand next to

   行埋 [Cantonese]  ―  haang⁴ maai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to approach/be near someone; to cross someone's path

   把甲同乙擠埋一齊 [Cantonese, trad.]
   把甲同乙挤埋一齐 [Cantonese, simp.]

   baa² gaap³ tung⁴ jyut³ zai¹ maai⁴ jat¹ cai⁴ [Jyutping]

   to put A next to/near B

   儲埋錢／储埋钱 [Cantonese]  ―  cou⁵ maai⁴ cin⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to accumulate money

   黐埋一齊／黐埋一齐 [Cantonese]  ―  ci¹ maai⁴ jat¹ cai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to stick together

3. (Cantonese) as well; in addition

   掉埋 [Cantonese]  ―  deu⁶ maai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to also throw away… (in addition to)

   食埋 [Cantonese]  ―  sik⁶ maai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to also eat…

   帶埋個手機／带埋个手机 [Cantonese]  ―  daai³ maai⁴ go³ sau² gei¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to bring along a cellphone

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

埋

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. To bury

Readings

• Go-on: まい (mai, Jōyō); め (me)
• Kan-on: ばい (bai)
• Kun: うずまる (uzumaru, 埋まる); うずめる (uzumeru, 埋める); うずもれる (uzumoreru, 埋もれる); うまる (umaru, 埋まる, Jōyō); うめる (umeru, 埋める, Jōyō); うもれる (umoreru, 埋もれる, Jōyō); いける (ikeru, 埋ける)

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Korean

Hanja

埋 • (mae) (hangeul 매, McCune–Reischauer mae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 埋 (mai, mài, man)

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