also: はかいし
A stone marker placed at a grave, typically inscribed with the deceased's name and dates. Used in both modern and traditional contexts.
I visited the grave and cleaned the tombstone.
古い墓石には苔が生えていた。
Moss had grown on the old gravestone.
We erected a new tombstone at my grandfather's grave site.
The deceased's name and dates are carved onto the tombstone.
The family joined their hands in prayer in front of the tombstone.
墓碑 is a more formal or literary word for a gravestone, often used in historical or monumental writing, whereas 墓石 is the everyday term.
墓石 is specifically a gravestone marking a grave, whereas 石碑 is a general stone monument that need not mark a grave.
墓石 is specifically the stone marker on a grave, whereas 墓 can mean the whole burial site including the marker.
group (chemistry) · (free) radical · counter for installed or mounted objects
Standard kanji spelling. The reading ぼせき is the most common.
Alternate reading, less common. May be encountered in older texts or specific contexts.
Compound of 墓 (grave) and 石 (stone). The reading ぼせき is the standard on'yomi combination; はかいし is a mixed reading (kun'yomi for 墓 and on'yomi for 石) that is less common.