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塚

hillock
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingチョウ
Kun readingつか、-づか
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. hillockRtK
    宝塚でショーを見物しましたか。Did you see the show at Takarazuka?tatoeba
    手塚治虫の本を１週間くらい貸してくれますか。Will you lend me the books by Osame Tezuka for about a week?tatoeba
  2. mound
    高松塚古墳は、奈良県明日香村に存在する古墳。The Takamatsuzuka burial mound is located in Asukamura, Nara prefecture.tatoeba
  1. heap
  2. burial mound
  3. tomb

Radicals and components

Radical土earth
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · crown (冖) · pig · sow

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1117

Compound words

一里塚いちりづか
milestone (1 ri apart)
貝塚かいづか
shell heap
蟻塚ありづか
anthill
塚穴つかあな
grave
筆塚ふでづか
mound covering reverently buried old brushes
アリ塚ありづか
anthill
あり塚ありづか
anthill
供養塚くようづか
unknown person's grave
比翼塚ひよくづか
double grave of lovers who died together
塚を築くつかをきずく
to pile up a mound

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 塚

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