墓 – grave, tomb

13 strokesTaught in grade 5#1337 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 墓 means grave, tomb. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボ (bo); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はか (haka). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボ	bo
Kun’yomi	はか	haka

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 大・土・日・艾.

Words using 墓

墓はかgrave墓地ぼちcemetery

Example sentences

私は彼の墓を立ち去り難かった。

I hesitated to leave his grave.

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彼はこの墓地に埋葬されている。

He was buried in this graveyard.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城執坂

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