坟头 (fén tóu) — grave mound

Definition

noun
grave mound
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 坟头。
    Tā zài yé ye de fén tóu qián fàng le yí shù huā.
    He placed a bouquet of flowers in front of his grandfather's grave mound.
  • ，，坟头。
    Qīng míng shí jié, rén men huì qù sǎo mù, qīng lǐ fén tóu shàng de zá cǎo.
    During Qingming, people go to sweep graves and clear weeds from the grave mounds.
  • 坟头，。
    Zhè zuò fén tóu yǐ jīng yǒu hěn duō nián le, shàng miàn zhǎng mǎn le qīng tái.
    This grave mound has been here for many years, covered with moss.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

坟féngrave
头tóutop

坟头 is the raised top of a grave, with 坟 marking the grave and 头 its top.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 墳; 坟 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔ
Sound part声符shēngfú
賁
賁bì墳fén
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For the traditional form 墳, 土 shows the meaning and 賁 gives the sound.

Open 坟 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 頭; 头 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yèhead
Sound part声符shēngfú
豆
豆dòu頭tóu
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 頭 shows 頁, meaning head, beside 豆 as a sound component; the simplified 头 is a later shorthand.

Open 头 →

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