墓 (mù): grave, tomb, mausoleum
墓 (mù) is a Chinese character meaning “grave.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 莫 (phonetic) and 土 (semantic). It ranks #1799 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 墓 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
- mausoleum
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坟墓noun | fén mù | grave |
| 墓地noun | mù dì | cemetery |
| 墓碑noun | mù bēi | gravestone |
| 公墓noun | gōng mù | public cemetery |
| 墓穴noun | mù xué | tomb |
| 自掘坟墓phrase | zì jué fén mù | to dig one's own grave |
| 盗墓verb | dào mù | to rob a tomb |
| 墓园noun | mù yuán | cemetery |
| 陵墓noun | líng mù | tomb |
| 古墓noun | gǔ mù | old tomb (archaeology) |
| 扫墓verb | sǎo mù | to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) |
| 墓志铭noun | mù zhì míng | epitaph |
| 墓场noun | mù chǎng | graveyard |
| 墓葬noun | mù zàng | (archeology) grave |
| 墓道noun | mù dào | path leading to a grave |
墓 appears in 39 compound words: 41 as the first character, 36 as the last, and 23 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 墓 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Showing 1 of 2 idioms containing 墓.
Example Sentences
墓生土长的他对这片土地充满感情。
mù shēng tǔ cháng de tā duì zhè piān tǔ dì chōng mǎn gǎn qíng .
Born and raised here, he holds deep affection for this land.
台中公墓杂草“烧不停” 警消追查可恶纵火犯
tái zhōng gōng mù zá cǎo shāo bù tíng jǐng xiāo zhuī chá kě è zòng huǒ fàn
Weeds at Taichung Cemetery Keep Burning; Police and Firefighters Hunt for Vandal
云南弥勒发现2000多年前青铜工匠墓地_光明网
yún nán mí lè fā xiàn 2 0 0 0 duō nián qián qīng tóng gōng jiàng mù dì guāng míng wǎng
Yunnan Maitreya discovered a bronze craftsman cemetery more than 2,000 years ago_Guangming.com
竹市府提前启动公墓除草作业 赠小盆栽鼓励分流扫墓
zhú shì fǔ tí qián qǐ dòng gōng mù chú cǎo zuò yè zèng xiǎo pén zāi gǔ lì fēn liú sǎo mù
The Zhu City Government started the cemetery weeding operation in advance and gave small potted plants to encourage diversion and tomb sweeping
挑战恐怖片极限尺度!《墓乃伊》皮肤指甲扭曲变形 骇人模样曝光
tiāo zhàn kǒng bù piàn jí xiàn chǐ dù ! mù nǎi yī pí fū zhǐ jiǎ niǔ qū biàn xíng hài rén mó yàng pù guāng
Challenge the limits of horror movies! "Tomb Nai" skin and nails are twisted and deformed, and the terrifying appearance is exposed
东西问·马年说马丨赵艺博:海昏侯墓中的“马蹄金”缘何而来?
dōng xī wèn mǎ nián shuō mǎ 丨 zhào yì bó : hǎi hūn 侯 mù zhōng de mǎ 蹄 jīn yuán hé ér lái ?
East and West Questions: The Year of the Horse Says Horse丨Zhao Yibo: Where did the "horseshoe gold" in the tomb of the Marquis of Haihun come from?
约翰甘迺迪被安葬在阿灵顿公墓。
Yuēhàn Gānnǎidí bèi ānzàng zài ā líng dùn gōngmù.
J.F. Kennedy was buried in Arlington Cemetery.
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.
他们把他埋葬在教堂旁的墓园。
Tāmen bǎ tā máizàng zàijiào táng páng de mùyuán.
They buried him in the graveyard by the church.
让苔藓盖上我的坟墓吧。
Ràng táixiǎn gàishang wǒ de fénmù ba.
Let moss cover my grave.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 土 (earth) component
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