墳
fén HSK7

grave

坟 (墳) fén
grave verb
a burial place, tomb, or a mound of earth covering a grave

每逢清明时节，人们都会去郊外扫坟。

měi féng Qīng​míng shí​jié, rén​men dōu huì qù jiāo​wài sǎo fén.

Every Qingming Festival, people go to the outskirts to sweep the graves.

ancient book noun
historical records or ancient legendary classics, specifically the 'Three Classics'

博学的人往往精通三坟五典。

bó​xué de rén wǎng​wǎng jīng​tōng sān fén wǔ diǎn.

Erudite people are often well-versed in the 'Three Graves and Five Classics'.

embankment noun
a raised bank or dike made of earth used to contain water

古人筑坟以防水患。

gǔ​rén zhù fén yǐ fáng shuǐ​huàn.

Ancient people built embankments to prevent floods.

Cross-References

Classifier

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,370th most common 22.7 per million
Movie subtitles
2,231st most common 13.5 per million appears in 6% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
4.05 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
4.64 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Simplified
坟
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+58B3

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)