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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N1

1337 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: grave, tomb

Kunyomi: はか

Onyomi: ボ

Composition: 莫 土

墓

Radical

Radical: 土

Reading: つち

Meaning: earth

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

墓碑(ぼひ)   gravestone, tombstone

墓地(ぼち)   cemetery, graveyard

墓穴(ぼけつ)   grave (hole in ground)

墓標(ぼひょう)   grave-marker, gravestone

墓(はか)   tomb

墓参り(はかまいり)   visit to a grave

Onyomi Examples

墓石 (ボセキ) tombstone, gravestone

墓参り (ハカマイリ) visit to a grave

陵墓 (リョウボ) imperial tomb, imperial mausoleum

周堤墓 (シュウテイボ) grave-site with circular embankment (Jomon period)

Kunyomi Examples

墓 (はか) grave, gravesite, tomb

墓石 (ぼせき) tombstone, gravestone

無名戦士の墓 (むめいせんしのはか) Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

火垂るの墓 (ほたるのはか) Grave of Fireflies (film)

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