Vita:墳

Parts

• 墳 1198 tomb
  • 土 150 soil (dirt, earth, ground, land)
  • 卉 * haystack
  • 貝 54 oyster (shellfish, clam, money, shells)
    • 目 15 eye (eyeball)
    • ？ * animal legs

Since they said to use Egyptian tombs, I imagine an Egyptian tomb in which someone is buried under a haystack which is then covered with soil. CLAMS are lined around the mound as an offering to the gods.

KANJIDIC Entry

• 墳 4A2F U58b3 B32 G8 S15 F1822 N1141 V1095 H719 DK507 L1198 K1901 DO1461 MN5488 MP3.0263 E1771 IN1662 DJ1888 DG389 P1-3-12 I3b12.1 Q4418.6 DR1461 Yfen2 Wbun フン {tomb} {mound}

EDICT Entries

• 古墳 [こふん] / (n) ancient (mound) tomb / (P) /
• 前方後円墳 [ぜんぽうこうえんふん] / (n) ancient Imperial graves / (P) /
• 墳墓 [ふんぼ] / (n) grave / tomb / (P) /

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Meta

1. Frequency: 2370 out of 9933.

Decomposition

Once

• 墳 => 土, 賁

Radical

• 墳 => 土 (earth) , 十 (ten) , 艹 (grass) , 貝 (shell)

Graphical

• 墳 => 一,丨,一,一,丨,艹,口,二,八

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fen2 - grave/tomb/CL:座[zuo4]/embankment/mound/ancient book

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 墳 (fen2): The component 賁 is pronounced as 'ben1'.

Example Words

High Frequency

• 上坟 (上墳)
• 坟 (墳)
• 坟墓 (墳墓)

Medium Frequency

• 坟地 (墳地)
• 祖坟 (祖墳)