墳
fénfèn HSK7

grave

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)

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