fén
grave
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 文 represents the sound. Simplified form of 墳.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 坟
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
grave | ||
grave | ||
to dig one's own grave | ||
graveyard | ||
ancestral tomb |