葬

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to bury (the dead); to inter

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A corpse 死 laid 廾 to rest under the grass 艹

Components 艹死廾

inter · Heisig RSH #716

flower + 死 death + two hands

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
死无葬身之地	sǐ wú zàng shēn zhī dì	to die without a burial site; to die a pauper; a tragic end
葬身鱼腹	zàng shēn yú fù	lit. to be buried in the bellies of fish (idiom); fig. to drown
火葬场	huǒ zàng chǎng	crematorium
国葬	guó zàng	state funeral
天葬	tiān zàng	sky burial (Tibetan funeral practice)
海葬	hǎi zàng	burial at sea (usu. performed by scattering cremains from a ship)
安葬	ān zàng	to bury (the dead)
下葬	xià zàng	to bury; to inter
合葬	hé zàng	to bury husband and wife together; joint interment
火葬	huǒ zàng	to cremate
随葬品	suí zàng pǐn	burial goods; burial gifts
葬身	zàng shēn	to bury a corpse; to be buried; (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc)
葬式	zàng shì	funeral
土葬	tǔ zàng	burial (in earth)
落葬	luò zàng	to bury the dead
古墓葬群	gǔ mù zàng qún	(archeology) burial complex
厚养薄葬	hòu yǎng bó zàng	generous care but a thrifty funeral; to look after one's parents generously, but not waste…
薄养厚葬	bó yǎng hòu zàng	to neglect one's parents but give them a rich funeral; hypocrisy in arranging a lavish fun…
树葬	shù zàng	burial of cremated remains at the foot of a tree
丧葬费	sāng zàng fèi	funeral expenses