Memory phrase for the character: 墓

墓

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Meaning

grave, tomb

Pronunciation

BO
haka

Explanation

 Top: sunset, disappear 莫 (The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: earth 土 [Watch-out: sunrise is: 旦 or ]

Mnemonic
 
Sinking among plants into the earth: into the grave.

Radicals

莫 to go down, to setThe plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 (= as long shadows) at sunset. - Please be aware that this very similar radical stands for the sunrise.
土 earthground, soil




 Vocabulary

墓所 はかしょ  graveyard
墓 はか  grave, tomb
墓地 ぼち  cemetery, graveyard
墓参り はかまいり  visit to a grave​
墓碑 ぼひ  gravestone, tombstone​

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