墓 (mù) — grave, tomb

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TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字

墓 character · B1 (est.)

墓＝土＋莫

ㄇㄨˋ · mù

noun — grave, tomb

字源 FORM — what the parts do

土義earth, the buried ground

莫聲mò — gives the sound, the tone worn to mùa sun sinking into the grass — dusk

Tmò → mù — the tone shifts, the sound holds

Earth (土) under 莫 mò — the sun going down into the grass, the day's end. 莫 carries the sound, its tone worn to mù, and lends its dusk: the ground where the dead are laid as the light fails. 墳墓、墓地、墓碑.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

日頭沉進草裡（莫），土（土）下埋著人——天黑了，墓也成了。

The sun sinks into the grass (莫), and beneath the earth (土) lies the dead — dark falls, and the grave is made.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)墳墓、墓地— grave, tomb常用

→墓碑、墓穴— the tombstone; the grave pit

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension