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The character 坟 (fén) serves as a noun meaning a grave, tomb, or burial mound. Its traditional form, 墳, is composed of the semantic earth radical 土 on the left, indicating its connection to soil and ground structures, with the phonetic component 賁 on the right. In the simplified form 坟, the radical 土 is retained to preserve the semantic link, while the complex right-hand component is replaced by the simpler character 文, which now acts as the phonetic element. Historically, the term originally referred to any elevated mound or raised bank, later narrowing to specifically denote mounds constructed for burials.
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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。