窀穸
zhūn​xī

bury

窀 zhūn, tún to bury

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave

hole

屯
屯 Sound component
tún, zhūn village

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrduːn
duːn
tun

說文解字

葬之厚夕。从穴屯聲。《春秋傳》曰：“窀穸从先君於地下。”

Sources

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

穸 xī the gloom of the grave a tomb or grave

A dark 夕 cave 穴; 夕 also provides the pronunciation

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
夕
夕 SoundMeaning component
xī evening

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangljaːɡ

說文解字

窀穸也。从穴夕聲。

Sources

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