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tombstone
Stroke count: 14

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. tombstoneRtK
    知事は戦死した兵士たちに記念碑を奉納した。The governor dedicated the memorial to the soldiers who died in the war.tatoeba
    港を見下ろす墓に墓碑を立てた。They set up a tombstone over the grave overlooking the harbor.tatoeba
  2. monument
    禎子の友人達は、彼女と原爆でなくなったすべての子供達の慰霊碑を建てたいと思った。Sadako's friends wanted to build a monument to her and all children who were killed by the atomic bomb.tatoeba
    市はその将軍に敬意を表して記念碑を捧げた。The city dedicated a monument in honor of the general.tatoeba
  1. stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations)
  2. stele
  3. stela

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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stone (石) · rock (石) · lowly · Wayne Slob · drop (丶) · rice field (田) · brains · cornucopia · ten (十) · needle (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1630

Compound words

石碑せきひ
stone monument
碑文ひぶん
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
記念碑きねんひ
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
歌碑かひ
monument (stele, gravestone, etc.) engraved with a waka
建碑けんぴ
erection of a monument
口碑こうひ
oral tradition
碑銘ひめい
inscription
墓碑ぼひ
gravestone
表忠碑ひょうちゅうひ
war-memorial monument
墓碑銘ぼひめい
epitaph

Stroke Order

14 strokes

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