葬

zàng

z+àng·4th tone

to bury (the dead) · to inter

Radical: 艹 Strokes: 12 HSK 7-9

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Common

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏薄荒若

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Character Decomposition

葬=艹+死+廾

Etymology

A corpse 死 laid 廾 to rest under the grass 艹

Meanings

to bury (the dead)

to inter

zàng

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Words with 葬 97 total

to bury husband and wife together · joint interment合葬hé zàng to cremate火葬huǒ zàng burial at sea (usu. performed by scattering cremains from a ship)海葬hǎi zàng to bury埋葬mái zàng to bury the dead落葬luò zàng funeral and interment丧葬sāng zàng

Idioms with 葬 3 total Chain

to die without a burial site · to die a pauper · a tragic end死无葬身之地sǐ wú zàng shēn zhī dì lit. to be buried in the bellies of fish (idiom) · fig. to drown葬身鱼腹zàng shēn yú fù