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墓

mù

grave; tomb

A stone entrance to an ancient tomb on a hill
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Character

墓 mù

Strokes
13
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
莫 cannot 土 soil, earth
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 考古人员打开墓门前,先用仪器检测内部空气成分。 Kǎogǔ rényuán dǎkāi mù mén qián, xiān yòng yíqì jiǎncè nèibù kōngqì chéngfèn. Before opening the tomb door, the archaeologists first used instruments to test the composition of the air inside.
  • 公园后面有一座古墓,里面出土了很多陶罐。 Gōngyuán hòumiàn yǒu yí zuò gǔmù, lǐmiàn chūtǔ le hěn duō táoguàn. Behind the park there is an ancient tomb, from which many clay pots were unearthed.
  • 博物馆里复原了一座两千年前的墓。 Bówùguǎn lǐ fùyuán le yí zuò liǎng qiān nián qián de mù. The museum has reconstructed a tomb from two thousand years ago.

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