坟 (fén): grave, tomb, CL:座
坟 (fén) is a Chinese character meaning “grave.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 土 (semantic) and 文 (phonetic). It ranks #2300 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 坟 earth. Its radical form 土 (earth) appears in many related characters such as 在 (zài, to exist), 地 (dì, earth, ground), 场 (chǎng, field, place).
Definitions
- grave
- tomb
- CL:座
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坟墓 | fén mù | grave |
| 自掘坟墓 | zì jué fén mù | to dig one's own grave |
| 坟地 | fén dì | graveyard |
| 上坟 | shàng fén | to visit a grave |
| 祖坟 | zǔ fén | ancestral tomb |
| 坟头 | fén tóu | burial mound |
| 坟茔 | fén yíng | grave |
| 集体坟墓 | jí tǐ fén mù | mass grave |
| 坟场 | fén chǎng | cemetery |
| 平坟 | píng fén | to remove graves |
| 坟山 | fén shān | hill cemetery |
| 坟包 | fén bāo | grave mound |
| 寿王坟 | shòu wáng fén | Shouwangfen town, in Chengde 承德市[Cheng2 de2 shi4], Hebei |
| 挖坟 | wā fén | to dig a grave |
| 坟穴 | fén xué | grave |
坟 appears in 16 compound words: 56 as the first character, 31 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 坟 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
坟生土长的他对这片土地充满感情。
fén shēng tǔ cháng de tā duì zhè piān tǔ dì chōng mǎn gǎn qíng .
Born and raised here, he feels a deep attachment to this land.
扫墓惊见祖坟遭盗挖!金门百年陈显墓被破坏 族人急报警
sǎo mù jīng jiàn zǔ fén zāo dào wā ! jīn mén bǎi nián chén xiǎn mù bèi pò huài zú rén jí bào jǐng
兄妹惊见母坟整座消失 原址埋了陌生人
xiōng mèi jīng jiàn mǔ fén zhěng zuò xiāo shī yuán zhǐ mái le mò shēng rén
清明来临 大陆兴起代客扫墓 有人“扫错坟”
qīng míng lái lín dà lù xīng qǐ dài kè sǎo mù yǒu rén sǎo cuò fén
清明前夕除坟惊见60年荫尸 专家示警恐“呷子孙”
qīng míng qián xī chú fén jīng jiàn 6 0 nián yìn shī zhuān jiā shì jǐng kǒng 呷 zǐ sūn
On the Eve of Qingming Festival, a 60-Year-Old Mummified Corpse Is Discovered While Cleaning a Grave; Experts Warn It May "Haunt Future Generations"
摇篮里学的带到坟墓。
Yáolán lǐ xué de dài dào fénmù.
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.
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。
Tāmen bèi mái zài yī zuò dà fénmù lǐ.
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。
Wǒ duì bówùguǎn gǎndào yànfán, bówùguǎn shì yìshù de fénchǎng.
I'm tired of museums, - graveyards of the arts.
Character Family
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