EntryCommon
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge

    けいこは枕に顔をうずめて泣いた。
    Keiko buried her head in the pillow and cried.
  2. to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack; to cram; to fill up

Also written 填める【うずめる】

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Characters in this word

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bury, be filled up, embedded

Kun
う.めるう.まるう.もれるうず.めるうず.まるい.ける
On
マイ
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1110 of 2500
Radical
earth
WaniKani
Level 39

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-7SKIP code
3b7.2The Kanji Dictionary
4611.4Four corner code
1472deroo
57cbUnicode hex code
1-43-68JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1084Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1020New Nelson (John Haig)
403New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
484Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
300Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
364Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
179Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
191Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1226A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1041Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1615Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5116Morohashi
1833A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1826Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1975Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
432Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1319Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1261Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
375Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
181Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mai2, man2Pinyin reading
maeKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
39WaniKani level