坟墓
fén​mù HSK7

tomb

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

墓 mù grave

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
莫
莫 Sound component
mò, mo do not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmuHC.mˤak-sgrave (n.)
Zhengzhangmaːɡs
Unicodemò

說文解字

丘也。从土莫聲。

Sources

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

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)