埋
Mnemonic
Your native village is slowly sinking into the earth! Buildings crack and tilt as the earth rises around them. Villagers scream, scrambling to escape, but the ground keeps swallowing everything. Soon the earth will completely bury your native village without a trace.
Additional thoughts
Picture an entire village being consumed by the ground — rooftops vanishing below the surface. The emotional weight of losing your hometown makes this image stick. Earth + native village = bury.Quick recall
The earth rises to bury your entire native village underground.Details
The keyword for 埋 is bury. This kanji refers to the act of placing something beneath the ground or covering it with earth, such as burying an object or a body. It can also be used more figuratively to mean filling in or covering up, as in filling a hole or gap. The sense of concealment beneath a surface is central to its meaning.
- On'yomi
- まい
- Kun'yomi
- う.める、う.まる、う.もれる、うず.める、うず.まる、い.ける