also: はかじるし
noun
grave marker; gravestone; headstone
Physical marker on a grave, typically a stone with inscriptions.
古い墓標が苔むしていた。
The old gravestone was covered with moss.
彼は戦没者の墓標の前に立った。
He stood before the grave markers of the war dead.
noun
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.
墓標には戒名と没年月日が刻まれていた。
The headstone was inscribed with a posthumous Buddhist name and the date of death.
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.