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埋
mái, mán
Character Formation
Definition bury, secrete, conceal
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  1. (会意) Associative Compound. Under 里 the ground 土.
  2. (形声) Pictophonetic. 土 (earth) suggests the meaning while 里 suggests the sound.
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