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The character 葬, denoting burial, is structured with the grass radical 艹 positioned above 死 meaning death and 廾 depicting hands, forming an ideogram that represents the act of covering a corpse with grass. Its etymology points to early practices of interment in natural settings, where the dead were placed in the wild and obscured by vegetation. While the character initially described the physical placement of the deceased, its application broadened over centuries to encompass related concepts such as funeral rites and tombs, thus reflecting an expansion in its semantic scope within mortuary contexts.
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他们埋葬了那只猫。
葬礼将在明天举行。
爷爷被安葬在公墓里。
他选择火葬而不是土葬。
许多船葬身于大海。
按照传统，他们举行了隆重的葬礼。
在悲伤的气氛中，我们埋葬了逝去的朋友。
如果条件允许，他希望能被葬在故乡的山坡上。