墳
tomb, mound
Readings
On'yomi
- フン
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
墳 centers on an earthen burial structure: a tomb or mound raised over a grave.
Most common words using 墳
- 古墳こふん
ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus
- 墳墓ふんぼ
grave; tomb
- 前方後円墳ぜんぽうこうえんふん
keyhole-shaped ancient Japanese tumulus
- 墳丘ふんきゅう
tumulus; grave mound
- 上円下方墳じょうえんかほうふん
burial mound with square flat base and round top
- 八角墳はっかくふん
octagonal burial mound (Kofun period)
- 円墳えんぷん
round burial mound
- 古墳人こふんじん
Kofun people; people of the Kofun period
- 古墳時代こふんじだい
Kofun period (of Japanese history, 250-538 CE); Tumulus period
- 土墳どふん
burial mound; tumulus
- 墳丘墓ふんきゅうぼ
tomb embedded in a Yayoi period barrow
- 墳塋ふんえい
grave; tomb; graveyard
- 墳墓発掘ふんぼはっくつ
desecration of a tomb; grave excavation
- 墳墓発掘罪ふんぼはっくつざい
(crime of) grave excavation
- 方墳ほうふん
flat-topped burial mound
Study
Etymology
墳 combines 土 (earth) with 賁, which likely contributes the sound and may have originally suggested something large or raised, fitting a burial mound.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is earth 土, and the right side 賁 looks like a rich, decorated mound. Picture a grand earthen tomb raised from the ground.
Reading mnemonic
For フン, imagine a funeral mound: fun -> フン, and the earth 土 is piled high over the tomb.