Chinese symbol for “buried”

入土

rù tǔ

to bury; buried; interred

The closest CC-CEDICT match for buried is 入土 (rù tǔ), defined as: to bury; buried; interred.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

入 rù

to enter, to come in; to join

radical 11 ⼊ · 2 strokes

土 tǔ

soil, earth; items made of earth

radical 32 ⼟ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 入土.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
进入 (進入)	jìn rù	to enter; to go into
加入	jiā rù	to become a member; to join
收入	shōu rù	to take in; income
投入	tóu rù	to throw into; to put into
深入	shēn rù	to penetrate deeply; thorough
输入 (輸入)	shū rù	to import; to input
土地	tǔ dì	land; soil
领土 (領土)	lǐng tǔ	territory

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.