also: はかじるし
grave marker; gravestone; headstone
Physical marker on a grave, typically a stone with inscriptions.
The old gravestone was covered with moss.
inscription on a headstone
Only with reading ぼひょう
Refers specifically to the writing on a gravestone, such as names and dates. Reading is ぼひょう.
He stood before the grave markers of the war dead.
The headstone was inscribed with a posthumous Buddhist name and the date of death.
墓石 is the common word for a gravestone as a physical object; 墓標 emphasizes the marker or inscription aspect.
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and general use.
Alternate kanji form, less common than 墓標.
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.
Compound of 墓 (grave) and 標 (mark, sign). The kanji 表 in the alternate form 墓表 also means 'surface' or 'expression', but 墓標 is the standard spelling.