古墳 (こふん)ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus
- ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulusnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Kanji in 古墳
Words that share its kanji
- 古代こだいancient times
- 古典こてんclassic (work, esp. book); the classics
- 考古学こうこがくarchaeology; archeology
- 中古ちゅうこused; second-hand
- 古書こしょold book; rare book
- 最古さいこthe oldest
- 中古車ちゅうこしゃused car; secondhand car
- 古いにしえantiquity; ancient times
- 前方後円墳ぜんぽうこうえんふんkeyhole-shaped tumulus (form of ancient Imperial grave)
- 墳丘ふんきゅうtumulus; grave mound
- 墳墓ふんぼgrave; tomb
- 上円下方墳じょうえんかほうふんburial mound with square flat base and round top
- 円墳えんぷんround burial mound
- 古墳時代こふんじだいKofun period (of Japanese history, 250-538 CE); Tumulus period
- 墳丘墓ふんきゅうぼtomb embedded in a Yayoi period barrow
- 墳塋ふんえいgrave; tomb
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