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埋

埋

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 埋
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 皆 (33)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 莫皆切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mˠɛi/
Pan
Wuyun		 /mᵚæi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /mɐi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /məɨj/
Li
Rong		 /mɛi/
Wang
Li		 /mɐi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /măi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 mái
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 埋
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 mái
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ mɛj ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m.rˤə/
English bury

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 埋
Reading # 1/1
No. 7817
Phonetic
component		 里
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 埋
Old
Chinese		 /*mrɯː/

Definitions

埋

  1. to bury, secrete, conceal
  2. (Cantonese) together; along with; close to; close together
    坐埋 [Cantonese]  ―  co5maai4 [Jyutping]  ―  to sit next to
    企埋 [Cantonese]  ―  kei5maai4 [Jyutping]  ―  to stand next to
    行埋 [Cantonese]  ―  haang4maai4 [Jyutping]  ―  to approach/be near someone; to cross someone's path
    帶埋個手機 / 带埋个手机 [Cantonese]  ―  daai3maai4 go3 sau2 gei1 [Jyutping]  ―  to bring along a cellphone
    把甲同乙擠埋一齊 [Cantonese, trad.]
    把甲同乙挤埋一齐 [Cantonese, simp.]
    baa2 gaap3 tung4 jyut3 zai1maai4 jat1 cai4 [Jyutping]
    to put A next to B; to put A near B
    儲埋錢 / 储埋钱 [Cantonese]  ―  cou5maai4 cin2 [Jyutping]  ―  to accumulate money
    黐埋一齊 / 黐埋一齐 [Cantonese]  ―  ci1maai4 jat1 cai4 [Jyutping]  ―  to stick together
  3. (Cantonese) as well; in addition
    掉埋 [Cantonese]  ―  deu6maai4 [Jyutping]  ―  to also throw away... (in addition to)
    食埋 [Cantonese]  ―  sik6maai4 [Jyutping]  ―  to also eat...

Japanese

Kanji

埋

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. To bury

Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

埋 (mai, mài, man)

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