墳 meaning and stroke order
Grave, mound, bulge; bulging
How to write 墳, stroke by stroke
15 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 墳
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- grave
- tomb
- embankment
- mound
- ancient book
How 墳 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Earth.
土 gives the meaning and 賁 hints at the sound.
Radical: 土 (soil), shared by 183 characters on this site.
How to remember 墳
墳 is built from 土 (tǔ, earth) on the left, which gives the meaning, and 賁 (bì/bēn) on the right, which hints at the sound. Picture a pile of earth heaped up into a mound over a grave.
墳 (simplified 坟) means a grave or burial mound, and it most often appears in compounds like 坟墓 (fénmù, tomb) and 坟场 (fénchǎng, cemetery). During the Qingming festival, families visit graves to sweep them. Example: 清明节我们去上坟。(Qīngmíng jié wǒmen qù shàng fén.) We visit the family graves at Qingming.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 墳 with 憤 (fèn, anger) and 噴 (pēn, to spray), because all three share the right side 賁. Look at the left side. Only 墳 has 土 for earth, and its tone is the second tone, fén, not fèn.
Common words with 墳
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
Questions about 墳
How many strokes are in 墳?
墳 is written with 15 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 墳 mean?
墳 (fén) means grave, mound, bulge; bulging. A common word with it is 坟墓 (fénmù), meaning "grave; tomb".
How do you pronounce 墳?
墳 is pronounced fén, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 墳?
The radical of 墳 is 土, which carries the idea of "soil". Dictionaries list 墳 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 墳?
墳 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 坟, used in mainland China and Singapore.
What does 上坟 (shàng fén) mean?
上坟 means to visit a grave to pay respects. People clean the site, offer food or flowers, and burn incense, especially at the Qingming festival.
What is the difference between 坟 and 墓?
坟 (fén) suggests the raised earth mound over a burial, while 墓 (mù) is the more general and formal word for a tomb. They are often combined as 坟墓 (fénmù). In everyday speech, 坟 is common in phrases like 上坟, and 墓 appears in words like 墓地 (mùdì, graveyard).