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cemetery

HSK 10
yíng
エイ
はか
Grass 炏 covering a buried 土 casket 冖
Components
Traditional (塋)
flame+ cover+ earth =
cemetery
Meaning component
flame
Meaning component
cover
Meaning component
earth
soil, earth
Simplified (茔)
Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
Meaning component
cover
Meaning component
earth
soil, earth
Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [yíng]
a grave
Example Sentences