墓
grave; tomb; mausoleum
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,714 U+5893
How 墓 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
土 (semantic, “earth”) + 莫 (phonetic, mò)
How to remember it
grave · Heisig RSH #234
土 soil + graveyard
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 莫
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 莫 (mò) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 莫 sound component | mò | cannot; do not; is not; negative |
| 模 | mó | model, pattern, standard; to copy, to imitate |
| 幕 | mù | curtain, screen, tent; measure word for plays and shows |
| 膜 | mó | membrane, film; to kneel and worship |
| 摸 | mō | to caress, to stroke, to gently touch |
| 漠 | mò | desert; aloof, cool, indifferent |
| 慕 | mù | to admire, to desire, to long for |
| 暮 | mù | dusk, evening, sunset; ending |
| 募 | mù | to levy, to raise; to recruit; to summon |
| 蟆 | má | frog, toad |
| 摹 | mó | to trace; to imitate, to copy; pattern |
| 谟 | mó | to scheme, to plan; to practice |
| 馍 | mó | bread |
| 寞 | mò | silent, still; lonely, solitary |
| 蓦 | mò | suddenly, quickly, abruptly |
| 糢 | mó | rice snacks |
| 镆 | mò | sword |
| 嫫 | mó | Huangdi's ugly concubine; ugly woman, nurse |
| 瘼 | mò | sickness; distress |
Words containing 墓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无名战士墓 | wú míng zhàn shì mù | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
| 阿灵顿国家公墓 | Ā líng dùn Guó jiā Gōng mù | Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC, USA |
| 八宝山革命公墓 | Bā bǎo shān Gé mìng Gōng mù | Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Shijingshan District, Beijing |
| 大墓地 | dà mù dì | necropolis |
| 教堂墓地 | jiào táng mù dì | churchyard |
| 无名烈士墓 | wú míng liè shì mù | tomb of the unknown soldier |
| 古墓丽影 | Gǔ mù Lì yǐng | Tomb Raider (computer game) |
| 五人墓碑记 | Wǔ Rén Mù bēi jì | Five Men's Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] commemorating fiv… |
| 墓地 | mù dì | cemetery; graveyard |
| 公墓 | gōng mù | public cemetery |
| 墓主 | mù zhǔ | occupant of tomb; person buried |
| 墓道 | mù dào | path leading to a grave; tomb passage; aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient t… |
| 墓石 | mù shí | tombstone; gravestone |
| 墓场 | mù chǎng | graveyard |
| 古墓 | gǔ mù | old tomb (archaeology) |
| 墓塔 | mù tǎ | funerary pagoda |
| 古墓葬群 | gǔ mù zàng qún | (archeology) burial complex |
| 扫墓节 | Sǎo mù jié | see 清明節|清明节[Qing1 ming2 jie2] |
| 掘墓工人 | jué mù gōng rén | grave digger |
| 墓葬区 | mù zàng qū | burial area |