The kanji 埋 primarily conveys the meaning of "to bury," "to fill," or "to be embedded." It suggests the action of covering something, usually with earth or another substance, or the state of something being hidden or concealed. It can also imply something being covered up or obscured.

・On-yomi (音読み): マイ (mai) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): う-める (u-meru) - to bury, う-まる (u-maru) - to be buried

⚫︎ 埋（う）める Translation: To bury ⚫︎ 埋蔵（まいぞう） Translation: Buried, underground (such as resources) ⚫︎ 埋没（まいぼつ） Translation: Burial; being buried; being submerged; being overwhelmed

The kanji 埋 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, けいせいもじ). ⚫︎ The semantic component is 土 (つち, "earth" or "ground"), indicating the context of burial is related to the earth. ⚫︎ The phonetic component is 里 (さと, "village" or "ri (a unit of distance)"), which provides the sound for the character's pronunciation (in the マイ reading). The combination of these two elements creates the meaning "to bury something in the earth" or "to cover up."