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The character 坟 is a noun meaning "grave" or "burial mound", referring to a mound of earth built over a burial site. It is the simplified form of the traditional character 墳. In both forms, the left-side radical is 土 ("earth"), indicating the character's association with soil and the ground. The right side provides the sound: the traditional 墳 uses the complex phonetic 賁, while the simplified 坟 replaces it with the simpler 文. Originally, the word denoted any raised bank or mound of earth, but its meaning later narrowed to burial mounds.
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山后有一座坟。
那座古老的坟墓很小。
清明节我们去扫坟。
这片坟场已经荒废了。
他把鲜花放在坟前。
关于这座孤坟有个传说。
战争留下的无名坟冢很多。
他在祖父的坟前默默追思了很久。
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