hillock, mound
塚 centers on a raised pile of earth: a small hill, mound, or burial mound. The idea is a man-made or natural heap of soil.
塚 combines 土 (earth) with 冢, which likely contributes both sound and the idea of a mound or grave. The character is used for earthen mounds, especially burial mounds.
The left side is earth 土, and the right side 冢 looks like a mound with a cover and something buried inside. Picture a small hill of dirt piled up to mark a grave.
For チョウ, imagine a long-serving chief named Chou standing on top of a mound, surveying the land: Chou -> チョウ, and the mound is his lookout point.
mound; heap; hillock
shell heap; shell mound; kitchen midden
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tumulus; burial mound
milestone (1 ri apart)
anthill
molehill; mole mound
Sanrizuka Struggle; campaign against the construction of Narita airport
unknown person's grave
round burial mound
to pile up a mound
grave
megapode (any bird of family Megapodiidae, incl. brush turkeys and mallee fowl); mound builder
rubbish heap; garbage dump
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