塚

mound; hillock

12 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 869.

Readings

• つか (kun reading): 宝塚歌劇団 (たからづかかげきだん) Takarazuka Revue; 塚 (つか) mound
• チョウ (on reading): 陪塚 (ばいちょう) subsidiary burial mound (Kofun period)
• づか (kun reading)

Components

• 土
• 冢
• 冖 radical cover
• 土 radical earth
• 豕 radical pig

Words using 塚

• 宝塚歌劇団 (たからづかかげきだん) Takarazuka Revue
• 塚 (つか) mound
• 一里塚 (いちりづか) milestone (1 ri apart)
• 経塚 (きょうづか) sutra mound
• 大塚製薬 (おおつかせいやく) Otsuka Pharmaceutical
• 陪塚 (ばいちょう) subsidiary burial mound (Kofun period)

37 words in all.

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