Definition
塚 (zhǒng) is a variant of 冢, meaning 'mound' or 'tomb'. It appears in literary or historical contexts, such as place names or classical texts. This character is uncommon in modern everyday Chinese.
n
(literary) moundtomb
Examples
- 塚。Zhè zuò gǔ # yǐ yǒu qiān nián lìshǐ.This ancient tomb has a history of a thousand years.
- 塚。Tā zài shān shàng fāxiàn le yí zuò huāng #.He discovered an abandoned tomb on the mountain.
- 塚。Kǎogǔ xuéjiā zhèngzài wājué zhè zuò Shāngdài #.Archaeologists are excavating this Shang dynasty tomb.
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