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墓

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grave; tomb; mausoleum

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HSK 3.0
Level 6
Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
13
Radical
土 +11
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
墓
Common rank
#1,714
Unicode
U+5893

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Formation & memory

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How 墓 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

土 meaning “earth” + 莫 sound ( mò )

Components 莫 土

How to remember it

grave · Heisig RSH #234

土 soil + graveyard

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 墓

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
无名战士墓 wú míng zhàn shì mù Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
阿灵顿国家公墓 Ā líng dùn Guó jiā Gōng mù Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC, USA
八宝山革命公墓 Bā bǎo shān Gé mìng Gōng mù Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Shijingshan District, Beijing
大墓地 dà mù dì necropolis
教堂墓地 jiào táng mù dì churchyard
无名烈士墓 wú míng liè shì mù tomb of the unknown soldier
古墓丽影 Gǔ mù Lì yǐng Tomb Raider (computer game)
五人墓碑记 Wǔ Rén Mù bēi jì Five Men's Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] commemorating fiv…
墓地 mù dì cemetery; graveyard
公墓 gōng mù public cemetery
墓主 mù zhǔ occupant of tomb; person buried
墓道 mù dào path leading to a grave; tomb passage; aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient t…
墓石 mù shí tombstone; gravestone
墓场 mù chǎng graveyard
古墓 gǔ mù old tomb (archaeology)
墓塔 mù tǎ funerary pagoda
古墓葬群 gǔ mù zàng qún (archeology) burial complex
扫墓节 Sǎo mù jié see 清明節|清明节[Qing1 ming2 jie2]
掘墓工人 jué mù gōng rén grave digger
墓葬区 mù zàng qū burial area

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 莫 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
莫 sound part mò cannot; do not; is not; negative
模 mó model, pattern, standard; to copy, to imitate
幕 mù curtain, screen, tent; measure word for plays and shows
膜 mó membrane, film; to kneel and worship
摸 mō to caress, to stroke, to gently touch
漠 mò desert; aloof, cool, indifferent
慕 mù to admire, to desire, to long for
暮 mù dusk, evening, sunset; ending
募 mù to levy, to raise; to recruit; to summon
蟆 má frog, toad
摹 mó to trace; to imitate, to copy; pattern
谟 mó to scheme, to plan; to practice
馍 mó bread
寞 mò silent, still; lonely, solitary
蓦 mò suddenly, quickly, abruptly
糢 mó rice snacks
镆 mò sword
嫫 mó Huangdi's ugly concubine; ugly woman, nurse
瘼 mò sickness; distress