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墓

墓 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. はか。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「土」+音符「莫」。「はか」を意味する漢語｛墓｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

grave, tomb

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ボElem.
Kun (native)
  • はかElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音mu4
  • 한글myo
  • Hán-ViệtMộ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
土(つち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5893

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹𡋵

Words using this kanji

  • 墓はか(はか) 遺骸や遺骨を葬る所。また、そこにしるしとして立てた石、木など。塚。墳墓。grave, gravesite, tomb
  • 墓地ぼち墓が置かれる土地。cemetery, graveyard
  • 墓参りはかまいり墓に行くこと。特に、盂蘭盆の際、自分の先祖の墓に行って拝むこと。visit to a grave
  • 墓石ぼせき墓のしるしに建てる石。tombstone, gravestone
  • 墓穴ぼけつ遺体や遺骨を埋葬するための穴。はかあな。grave (pit)
  • 墓前ぼぜん墓の前。in front of a grave
  • 墓場はかば墓のある場所。墓地。霊園。graveyard, cemetery
  • 墓標ぼひょう墓石に刻まれた故人の情報や建立者の表示。 故人が埋葬されていることを示す石や木材の柱。grave marker, gravestone, headstone, writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
  • 墓所ぼしょ墓。墓地。graveyard
  • 墓碑ぼひ墓に死者の姓名や行状を彫刻して立てる石碑。墓石。gravestone, tombstone
  • 墓誌ぼし墓石に刻まれた事績などを記した文。 石板に事績などを刻み、墓に納められた文。epitaph, inscription on a tomb
  • 墓守はかもりgrave maintenance, grave keeper
  • 墓園ぼえん霊園。（共同の）墓地。cemetery, graveyard
  • 墓域ぼいきcemetery area, land set aside for burial
  • 墓上ぼじょう墓の上。 墓のほとり。on a grave, by a grave
  • 墓室ぼしつ大きな墓で葬られている部屋。墓廬。burial chamber
  • 墓碑銘ぼひめい墓碑に彫りこんだ死者の経歴･事績などの文句｡ エピタフ｡epitaph, inscription on a tombstone
  • 墓誌銘ぼしめいname of the writer of a gravestone epitaph, engraved after the epitaph
  • 墓掘りはかほりgravedigger
  • 墓泥棒はかどろぼう墳墓から財物や遺体を盗むこと。それを行う人。grave robber, grave robbing

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-10
Four Corner
4410.4
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3k10.18
Heisig
246
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4027