# 墓 grave

(opium) Same-ON + 土 (earth)
★★☆☆☆
13 strokes

## Onyomi

BO |

## Mnemonic

| Your mother went to an early grave from smokin' too much opium, so now she's buried in the earth.

## Kunyomi

はか | grave ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

墓地(ぼち) | graveyard ★★☆☆☆ 墓 (grave) + 地 (area) = 墓地 (graveyard)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
募 | recruit | STRENGTH | 力
暮 | make a living | DAY | 日
墓 | grave | EARTH | 土
模 | model | WOOD | 木

You recruit members to give your organization more STRENGTH.

You have to make a living every DAY.

The grave is in the EARTH.

But you carve a model airplane out of WOOD.

## Synonyms

graveyard 墓地 霊園 墓場