墳 (mound, tomb) - Kanji Codex

墳

mound, tomb

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

フン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

15 / 15

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:15

JLPT:1

Frequency:1822

Vocabulary

フン

Word	Reading	Meaning
古墳	コフン	ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus
墳墓	フンボ	grave; tomb
墳丘	フンキュウ	tumulus; grave mound
円墳	エンフン	round burial mound
古墳時代	コフンジダイ	Kofun period (of Japanese history, 250-538 CE); Tumulus period

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
前方後円墳	ぜんぽうこうえんふん	keyhole-shaped ancient Japanese tumulus
円墳	えんぷん	round burial mound
八角墳	はっかくふん	octagonal burial mound (Kofun period)
墳墓発掘	ふんぼはっくつ	desecration of a tomb; grave excavation

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

anger, aroused, be indignant, resent

blame, censure, condemn

emit, erupt, flush out, spout

clause, item, nape of neck, paragraph, term (expression)

moisten, pickling, soak, steep

charge, fare, fee, hire, rent, wages

bond, debt, loan

finance, support, tribute

acreage, amass, contents, load, pile up, product (x*y), stack, volume