坟 (fén) — grave | HSK 7 Chinese

Character

Strokes: 7
Radical: 土 — soil, earth
Made of: 土 soil, earth 文 culture, literature, writing
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

村口那座坟无人祭扫，却仍被老人们定期清理杂草。 Cūnkǒu nà zuò fén wú rén jìsǎo, què réng bèi lǎorénmen dìngqī qīnglǐ zácǎo. The grave at the village entrance has no one to sweep it, yet the elders still clear its weeds regularly.
清明节那天，我们全家去山上给爷爷扫坟。 Qīngmíngjié nà tiān, wǒmen quánjiā qù shān shàng gěi yéye sǎo fén. On Qingming, our whole family went up the hill to tend Grandpa's grave.
老人在路边发现了一座长满青草的旧坟。 Lǎorén zài lùbiān fāxiàn le yí zuò zhǎng mǎn qīngcǎo de jiù fén. The old man found an old grave overgrown with green grass by the roadside.