埋め込む

うめこむ · umekomu · JLPT N1 · noun

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💉 埋め込む = 埋める (bury) + 込む (push in): bury it inside something else

埋め is the bury sense, and 込む adds going into a space. Use it for chips in devices, code in web pages, or a link inside a document.

埋 — earth 土 + village 里 (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound: 土 (earth) gives the meaning of burying in soil, while 里 supplies the sound. The original sense was to cover or hide something underground, later extended to figurative meanings like 'bury oneself in work' or to conceal.

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