墓 means “grave, tomb”

はか · haka

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

はか

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

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The story

The sun sinking into grass (莫, the top of 暮, dusk) over earth (土): where a life sets and is laid in the ground. 墓 is a grave, and at お盆 and the equinoxes families go 墓参り, washing the stone and leaving flowers and incense.

Used in 墓 (haka, grave), 墓参り (hakamairi, visiting a family grave), and 墓地 (bochi, cemetery)

More from Graves & Mourning

• 悼 grieve
• 墳 burial mound
• 弔 mourn
• 忌 shun
• 逝 pass away
• 殉 die for a cause
• 棺 coffin
• 訃 news of a death
• 骸 bones
• 遺 leave behind
• 葬 funeral
• 喪 mourning

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.