葬
塟HSK 7freq #11836
Meanings
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- 1.old variant of 葬[zàng]
- 1.to bury (the dead)
- 2.to inter
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Wiktionary
- 1.to bury (the dead); to inter
- 2.to bury in a specified way according to local customs
- 3.a surname, Zang
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 茻 (“grass”) + 死 (“dead person”) – bury the dead 死 in the grass 茻. Top is now grass radical (艹), while bottom is simplified to 廾, hence graphically 艹 + 死 + 廾. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsaŋ (“to conceal”). Cognate to Tibetan གསང (gsang).
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Components
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Example sentences
葬禮是昨天。
The funeral was yesterday.
湯姆的葬禮訂在這週末。
Tom's funeral will be this weekend.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Related words
葬礼 burial埋葬 to bury陪葬 to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects)送葬 to participate in funeral procession海葬 burial at sea (usu. performed by scattering cremains from a ship)墓葬 (archeology) grave合葬 to bury husband and wife together安葬 to bury (the dead)落葬 to bury the dead丧葬 funeral and interment下葬 to bury土葬 burial (in earth)