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Kotomora

墳

tomb, mound

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes15

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

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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.