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冢

zhǒng
noun #38,431

Meanings

  1. 1 burial mound
  2. 2 large grave
  3. 3 tomb

Examples

HSK 5
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.
HSK 7-9
将军的坟冢高大雄伟。
Jiāngjūn de fénzhǒng gāodà xióngwěi.
The general's tomb was a tall, imposing mound.

Tips

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

Components

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.

Stroke Order

冢 zhǒng