碑
碑 — Tombstone
tombstone, monument
On’yomiヒ (hi)
Kun’yomiいしぶみ (ishibumi)
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 碑
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 碑 | いしぶみ ishibumi | stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela |
| 記念碑 | きねんひ kinenhi | commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription) |
| 碑文 | ひぶん hibun | inscription; epitaph; epigraph |
| 石碑 | せきひ sekihi | stone monument |
| 墓碑 | ぼひ bohi | gravestone; tombstone |
| 詩碑 | しひ shihi | monument (stele, gravestone, etc.) engraved with a poem |
Study notes
碑 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1792 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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