冢 (zhǒng): burial mound

Meanings

山脚下有一座古冢。

Shān jiǎoxià yǒu yí zuò gǔ zhǒng.

An ancient burial mound stood at the foot of the hill.

将军的坟冢高大雄伟。

Jiāngjūn de fénzhǒng gāodà xióngwěi.

The general's tomb was a tall, imposing mound.

usage

冢 is a written word for a large grave-mound, seen in 坟冢 (grave) and 古冢 (ancient tomb).

radical

冖 mì

cover; cloth covering

The cover radical 冖 sits on top, evoking the earth heaped over and covering the body buried in a 冢.

phonetic

豖 chù

shackled pig

The lower part is a variant of the pig graph that carries the sound, drifted to the modern reading zhǒng. It is closely related to 豕.

冢 zhǒng