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grave
Stroke count: 13

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On reading
Kun readingはか

Meanings

  1. graveRtK
  2. tomb
  1. gravesite

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How it's built

Mnemonic (RtK)

graveyard · flowers () · sun () · day () · large () · St. Bernard () · soil () · dirt () · ground ()

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 246

Compound words

彼はこの地に埋葬されている。
He was buried in this graveyard.tatoeba
全地球は有名人の墳である。
The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.tatoeba
若い頃地をよく歩いたものだ。
I used to walk in the cemetery in my youth.tatoeba
彼は自ら穴を掘ってるね。
He is digging his own grave.tatoeba

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13 strokes

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