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坟

fén

HSK 6 Character Traditional 墳 Measure word 座

What 坟 means

1. grave
2. tomb
3. embankment
4. mound
5. ancient book

Example sentences

• 这是谁的坟墓？
  Whose tomb is this?
• 摇篮里学的带到坟墓。
  What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.
• 他们被埋在一座大坟墓里
  Tāmen bèi mái zài yī zuò dà fénmù lǐ
  They were buried in a mass grave.
• 让苔藓盖上我的坟墓吧。
  Ràng táixiǎn gàishang wǒ de fénmù ba.
  Let moss cover my grave.
• 他们被埋在一座大坟墓里。
  They were buried in a mass grave.
• 我对博物馆感到厌烦，博物馆是艺术的坟场。
  I'm tired of museums, - graveyards of the arts.

Words starting with 坟

• 坟墓fén mùgrave; tomb
• 坟地fén dìgraveyard; cemetery
• 坟场fén chǎngcemetery
• 坟头fén tóuburial mound
• 坟丘fén qiūa tomb
• 坟包fén bāograve mound
• 坟山fén shānhill cemetery; graveyard; grave
• 坟穴fén xuégrave
• 坟茔fén yínggrave; tomb; graveyard

Words containing 坟

• 祖坟zǔ fénancestral tomb
• 上坟shàng fénto visit a grave
• 平坟píng fénto remove graves; tomb removal
• 挖坟wā fénto dig a grave; (lit.) to dig up a grave; (fig.) (slang) to dig up an old thread…
• 寿王坟Shòu wáng fénShouwangfen town, in Chengde 承德市
• 自掘坟墓zì jué fén mùto dig one's own grave
• 集体坟墓jí tǐ fén mùmass grave

Characters built on 文

These share the phonetic component 文 (wén), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 汶WènWen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川); classical name of river in Shandong, used to…
• 纹wénline; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc); to tattoo
• 蚊wénmosquito
• 紊wěninvolved; tangled; disorderly
• 雯wénmulticolored clouds
• 炆wén(Cantonese) to simmer; to cook over a slow fire

Characters that look like 坟

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

• 收shōuto receive; to accept; to collect
• 歧qídivergent; side road
• 纹wénline; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc); to tattoo
• 枚méiclassifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs…
• 玫méi(fine jade); used in 玫瑰
• 玟mínjade-like stone

Sounds the same

Read fén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 焚to burn
• 汾name of a river
• 鼢used in 鼢鼠
• 棼beams in roof; confused
• 幩ornamental tassel on bridle
• 𣸣edge of water
• 蕡hemp seeds; luxurious; abundant
• 豮gelded pig
• 轒war chariot
• 魵shrimp
• 鼖large brass drum
• 蚡(mole)