埋

mái = m + ai2

to bury

埋 = 土 + 里 : As a sign of peace Mahatma Gandhi (m) buries (埋) a sunflower (里) under some earth (土) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2).

埋

mán = m + an2

used in 埋怨[man2 yuan4]

埋 character breakdown

埋
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 里
  - 土
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 田
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
    - 囗

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

里

裏

lǐ = li + Ø3

variant of 裡|里[li3]

里

裡

lǐ = li + Ø3

lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

里 = 土 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).

里

lǐ = li + Ø3

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels