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JLPT N1 · 13 strokes

The kanji 墓 — “grave”

墓 means grave and is a JLPT N1 kanji. It has 13 strokes and uses the earth radical (土).

Stroke order · 13 strokes

On'yomi (音読み): ボ
Kun'yomi (訓読み): はか
Radical: 土 · earth
Strokes: 13

How to remember 墓

Beneath earth (土) covered in grass — a tomb. お墓 (grave); お墓参り is visiting ancestors' graves during Obon!

Example words with 墓

On'yomi readings

墓地ぼちgraveyard, cemetery

Kun'yomi readings

お墓おはかgrave, tomb
墓参りはかまいりgrave visit

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