墓 (mou6 | mu4) : grave; tomb

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墓

mou6

mu4

grave; tomb; coffin pit

Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: 土 (#32)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

墓

Don't confuse with:
慕

This word has been viewed 6367 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Apr 2014 10:52

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墳墓 fan4 mou6 fen2 mu4 = grave; tomb; sepulchre

掃墓 sou3 mou6 = to pay tribute to a (friend's or relative's) tomb for Ching Ming

公墓 gung1 mou6 gong1 mu4 = cemetery

古墓 gu2 mou6 gu3 mu4 = old tomb (archaeology)

墓園 mou6 jyun4 mu4 yuan2 = memorial park

墓穴 mou6 jyut6 mu4 xue2 = tomb; grave

墓碑 mou6 bei1 mu4 bei1 = a tombstone; a gravestone

自掘墳墓 zi6 gwat6 fan4 mou6 zi4 jue2 fen2 mu4 = to dig your own grave

八寶山公墓 baat3 bou2 saan1 gung1 mou6 = the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery

李鄭屋古墓 lei5 zeng6 uk1 gu2 mou6 = the ancient Chinese tomb at Li Cheng
See all 11 compounds (CantoDict reports 13 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 墓
Unicode code for this character: U+5893 (off-site link)

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