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冢

zhǒng

Character

What 冢 means

1. mound
2. burial mound
3. senior (i.e. eldest child or senior in rank)

Other readings

冢 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhǒngburial mound (variant of {冢|zhǒng})

Words starting with 冢

• 冢中枯骨zhǒng zhōng kū gǔdried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried

Words containing 冢

• 丛冢cóng zhǒngmass grave; cluster of graves
• 大冢Dà zhǒngŌtsuka (Japanese surname)
• 义冢yì zhǒngpotter's field; pauper's grave
• 衣冠冢yī guān zhǒngcenotaph
• 万人冢wàn rén zhǒngmass grave; common grave

Characters that look like 冢

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 家jiāused in 家伙
• 架jiàto support; frame; rack
• 象xiàngelephant; shape; form
• 氟fúfluorine (chemistry)
• 氪kèkrypton (chemistry)
• 荤hūnstrong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar

Sounds the same

Read zhǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 种seed; species; kind
• 肿to swell; swelling; swollen
• 踵to arrive; to follow; heel
• 尰swell