冢
zhǒng

burial mound

Components

冖
冖 Meaning component
mì cover

shroud

豖
豖 Sound component
chù a shackled pig

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

塚

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrjowngX[t]roŋʔ (or *[t]<r>oŋʔ ?)tomb mound
Zhengzhangtoŋʔ
Unicodedjiǒng
djiǒng

說文解字

高墳也。从勹豖聲。

Sources

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