zhǒng

burial mound

Components
冖 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

cover

shroud

豖 sound component

  Sound component

chù

  

a shackled pig

Evolution

冢 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
冢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
冢 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
冢 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhǒng

burial mound, mausoleum; grand; mound; burial mound; senior (i.e. eldest child or senior in rank)

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zhǒng

variant of [zhǒng]

Most common words with 冢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

mound

衣冠冢

cenotaph

冢中枯骨

dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried

大冢

Ōtsuka (Japanese surname)

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)