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墓 = 莫 + 土

墓 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “grave”. It is built from 莫 (shalt) and 土 (soil). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 246.

Keyword
grave
RTK frame
246
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ボ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はか
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
могила
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
墓 grave

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 莫 shalt
  2. 土 soil

How to find 墓 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “shalt” + “soil”. 墓 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 墓 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.