Chinese symbol for “epitaph”
墓志铭
mù zhì míng
Traditional: 墓誌銘
epitaph
The closest CC-CEDICT match for epitaph is 墓志铭 (mù zhì míng), defined as: epitaph.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 墓志铭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 墓地 | mù dì | cemetery; graveyard |
| 坟墓 (墳墓) | fén mù | grave; tomb |
| 陵墓 | líng mù | tomb; mausoleum |
| 古墓 | gǔ mù | old tomb (archaeology) |
| 墓碑 | mù bēi | gravestone; tombstone |
| 墓园 (墓園) | mù yuán | cemetery; graveyard |
| 同志 | tóng zhì | comrade; (slang) homosexual |
| 杂志 (雜誌) | zá zhì | magazine; measure word: 本 (běn), 份 (fèn), 期 (qī) |
| 铭记 (銘記) | míng jì | to engrave in one's memory |
See also: Japanese symbol for “epitaph”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.