Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
869 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 12
Meaning: hillock, mound
Kunyomi: つか, -づか
Onyomi: チョウ
Composition: 土 冢
Radical: 土
Meaning: earth
Reading: つち
Frequency: 580
Alternative forms:
陪塚 (バイチョウ) subsidiary burial mound (Kofun period), satellite burial mound
塚 (つか) mound, heap, hillock, burial mound, tomb, tumulus, barrow, gravesite, standing stone, stone signpost, roadside stone statue
塚穴 (つかあな) grave
高塚 (たかつか) tumulus, burial mound