hillock, mound
On'yomi (音読み)
- チョウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- つか
- -づか
About this kanji
The kanji 「塚」 primarily means a hillock or mound. It is often used as a noun and can refer to various types of mounds. For instance, the compound 貝塚 (かいづか) means 'shell heap,' referring to a mound made of shells. Another example is 一里塚 (いちりづか), which translates to 'milestone,' often marking distances along a road. You might also encounter 蟻塚 (ありづか), meaning 'anthill,' which is a mound made by ants. A usage note: while it often refers to physical mounds or heaps, it can also have cultural significance, sometimes relating to burial sites.
Example sentences
古い塚の近くには神社がある。
There is a shrine near the old mound.
Meanings across languages
- English
- hillock, mound
- Tiếng Việt
- gò đất, mound
- 日本語
- 塚, mound
- 한국어
- 둑, 더미
- 中文
- 土堆, mound
- id
- gundukan
- th
- หลุม
- es
- montículo
- fr
- butte
- de
- Hügelchen
- pt
- mound
Common compounds
- 貝塚shell heap, shell mound, kitchen midden
- 一里塚milestone (1 ri apart)
- 蟻塚anthill
- 筆塚mound covering reverently buried old brushes
- 塚穴grave
- 塚造megapode (any bird of family Megapodiidae, incl. brush turkeys and mallee fowl), mound builder
- 藁塚mound of straw, pile of straw
- 首塚burial mound for severed heads
Words using this kanji
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