TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
埋
ㄇㄞˊ · mái
verb — to bury; to hide, cover over
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IFTlǐ → mái — the sound has drifted far from the donor
Earth (土) piled over something and 里 lǐ marking the sound — though the reading has drifted a long way to mái. What goes under the ground stays out of sight: 埋葬、埋藏、埋伏.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一鏟一鏟的土（土）蓋上去，東西沒了影——埋了。
Shovelful after shovelful of earth (土) goes on top, until it's out of sight — buried.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)埋葬— to bury常用
→埋藏、埋伏— to hide, lie in wait
⇒埋頭— to bury oneself in (work)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension