冢

冢 (Kangxi radical 14, 冖+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月一一人 (BMMO) or 月一尸人 (BMSO) or 難月一尸人 (XBMSO), four-corner 3723₂, composition ⿱冖豖)

• 塚, 𡻑, 𣹞, 𬥥

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 130, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1585
• Dae Jaweon: page 293, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 304, character 9
• Unihan data for U+51A2

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *toŋʔ) : semantic 勹 (“wrap”) + phonetic 豖 (OC *tʰoɡ) – wrapped in a burial shroud. Top component now simplified to 冖.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/r-duŋ (“mountain; hillock”) (STEDT). Cognate with Burmese တောင် (taung, “mountain”).

冢

1. Original form of 塚／冢 (zhǒng, “mausoleum; tomb; burial mound”).

   • 項羽燒秦宮室，掘始皇帝冢。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     项羽烧秦宫室，掘始皇帝冢。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Xiàng Yǔ shāo Qín gōngshì, jué Shǐhuángdì zhǒng. [Pinyin]

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   • 一去紫臺連朔漠，獨留青冢向黃昏。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     一去紫台连朔漠，独留青冢向黄昏。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Poem by Du Fu, 杜甫 · 詠懷古跡五首 · 其三

     Yī qù zǐtái lián shuòmò, dú liú qīngzhǒng xiàng huánghūn. [Pinyin]

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2. ^† mountain summit

   • 百川沸騰，山冢崒崩。高岸為谷，深谷為陵。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     百川沸腾，山冢崒崩。高岸为谷，深谷为陵。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Bǎi chuān fèiténg, shān zhǒng zúbēng. Gāo'àn wèi gǔ, shēngǔ wèi líng. [Pinyin]

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3. (prefix) eldest, senior in rank

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• On (unclassified): ちょう (chō); ちゅ (chu)
• Kun: つか (tsuka); おか (oka); やしろ (yashiro)

冢 • (chong) (hangeul 총, revised chong, McCune–Reischauer ch'ong)

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冢: Hán Việt readings: trủng[1][2][3][4]
冢: Nôm readings: trũng[1], trổng[1]

1. chữ Hán form of trủng (“a grand grave or burial mound”).
2. Nôm form of trũng (“a deep hole in the ground”).
3. Nôm form of trổng (“vague, indiscriminate”).