茔
yíng

grave

Grass 艹 covering a buried 土 casket 冖

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
冖
冖 Meaning component
mì cover
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

塋 grave Traditional

Grass 炏 covering a buried 土 casket 冖

Components

炏
炏 Meaning component
yán, kài flame
冖
冖 Meaning component
mì cover
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷeŋ
Unicodeiuɛng

說文解字

墓也。从土，熒省聲。

Sources

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