Memory phrase for the character: 塚

塚

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Meaning

tumulus, mound, hillock

Pronunciation

CHŌ
tsuka

Explanation

 Left: earth 土, right: cover 冖, pig 豕 (cf. corpse 骸)

Mnemonic
 
Earth covers the pig and forms its tumulus.

Radicals

土 earthground, soil
家 house, specialistIf you keep a pig 豕 under a roof 宀, this is a household.
豕 pigThe radical inoko is also used in its simplified form 亥.




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