坟
grave; tomb; CL:座[zuo4]; embankment; mound; ancient book
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Dict coverage rank #2,642 U+575F
How 坟 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
土 (semantic, “earth”) + 文 (phonetic, wén)
How to remember it
tomb · Heisig RSH #2713
土 soil + Highlander
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 文
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 文 (wén) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 文 sound component | wén | culture, literature, writing |
| 纹 | wén | line, stripe; pattern, decoration; wrinkle |
| 刘 | liú | to kill, to destroy; surname |
| 蚊 | wén | mosquito, gnat |
| 汶 | wèn | a river in Shandong province |
| 忞 | mǐn | to psych up; to steel one's nerves |
| 紊 | wěn | tangled; confused, disordered |
| 玟 | mín | gem, jade-like stone |
| 炆 | wén | to simmer, to cook over a slow fire |
| 雯 | wén | cloud patterns; storm clouds |
Words containing 坟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 集体坟墓 | jí tǐ fén mù | mass grave |
| 寿王坟 | Shòu wáng fén | Shouwangfen town, in Chengde 承德市[Cheng2 de2 shi4], Hebei |
| 坟山 | fén shān | hill cemetery; graveyard; grave; grave mound; low wall at the back of a traditional tomb |
| 坟头 | fén tóu | burial mound |
| 坟地 | fén dì | graveyard; cemetery |
| 上坟 | shàng fén | to visit a grave |
| 平坟 | píng fén | to remove graves; tomb removal |
| 坟场 | fén chǎng | cemetery |
| 坟包 | fén bāo | grave mound |
| 祖坟 | zǔ fén | ancestral tomb |
| 自掘坟墓 | zì jué fén mù | to dig one's own grave |
| 坟丘 | fén qiū | a tomb |
| 坟穴 | fén xué | grave |
| 坟墓 | fén mù | grave; tomb |
| 挖坟 | wā fén | to dig a grave; (lit.) to dig up a grave; (fig.) (slang) to dig up an old thread (in an on… |
| 坟茔 | fén yíng | grave; tomb; graveyard; cemetery; fig. one's native place (where one's ancestors are burie… |