Memory phrase for the character: 墳
墳
Meaning
(burial-)mound, grave, tomb Pronunciation FUN Explanation Left: earth 土, right: 卉 (ten 十, plant 艹), shell/money 貝
Mnemonic
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Earth, ten plants and money are needed for: a burial mound. Radicals
土
earth ground, soil
責
liability, responsibility Growing plants
卉
plants Ten 十 plants 艹
艹
plant, grass Shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
貝
money Shows a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八, which were used as money.
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and money 貝 mean liabilities
