坟茔
fén​yíng

grave

坟 fén grave Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 文 represents the sound. Simplified form of 墳.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
文
文 Sound component
wén writing

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

茔 yíng grave Simplified

Grass 艹 covering a buried 土 casket 冖

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
冖
冖 Meaning component
mì cover
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

墳 fén grave Traditional

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

earth

賁
賁 Sound component
forge ahead

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbɯn
bɯnʔ
Unicodebhiən

說文解字

墓也。从土賁聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

塋 grave Traditional

Grass 炏 covering a buried 土 casket 冖

Components

炏
炏 Meaning component
yán, kài flame
冖
冖 Meaning component
mì cover
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷeŋ
Unicodeiuɛng

說文解字

墓也。从土，熒省聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)