冢

Information about character(s)

Radical: 冖
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 10
Variants: 塚

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhǒng
Cantonese: cung2
JapaneseKun: TSUKA OKA YASHIRO
JapaneseOn: CHOU CHU
Korean: CHONG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: burial mound, mausoleum; grand

CE-Dict: mound/burial mound/senior (i.e. eldest child or senior in rank)

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《勹部》冢高墳也。从勹豖聲。

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【冖字部】冢
【唐韻】【正韻】知隴切【集韻】【韻會】展勇切，𠀤音塚。【說文】高墳也。【徐曰】地高起，若有所包也。【釋名】腫也。象山頂之高腫起。又大也。【周禮·天官】乃立天官冢宰。【註】冢宰，大宰也。【爾雅·釋詁】冢，大也。【疏】冢者，封之大也。又山頂也。【爾雅·釋山】山頂，冢。【疏】小雅山冢崒崩。毛傳，山頂曰冢。又封土爲社。【玉篇】大社也。【詩·大雅】乃立冢土。【註】大社封之高于他社，故曰冢土也。又墓之墳者亦曰冢。【周禮·春官·冢人註】冢，封土爲丘壠，象冢而爲之。【疏】山頂曰冢，故云象冢而爲之也。【玉篇】鬼神舍也，高墳也。【正韻】通作塚。