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墳: tomb, mound

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

土 carries the meaning · 賁 gives the sound

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

フンfun · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 古墳こふんancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus
  • 墳墓ふんぼgrave; tomb
  • 墳丘ふんきゅうtumulus; grave mound
  • 前方後円墳ぜんぽうこうえんふんkeyhole-shaped ancient Japanese tumulus

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine a cross planted firmly in the ground—that's 土! It shows a stake or a seedling marking the earth, reminding us of farming, construction, and the solid foundation upon which we build our lives and cities.”
More in the 土 earth story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
土

Also built on earth (土)

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賁

Also built on 賁

墳 takes the 賁 family's reading, フン (fun).

Also read フン

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
墳 tomb · 土
vs噴 erupt · 口
墳 has 土 where 噴 has 口.
In ChineseSimplified 坟 · traditional, as in Japanese · fén

Japan keeps the traditional form 墳; mainland China simplifies it to 坟.

Simplified
坟 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
墳 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fén most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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