Chinese symbol for “graveyard”
坟地
fén dì
Traditional: 墳地
graveyard; cemetery
The closest CC-CEDICT match for graveyard is 坟地 (fén dì), defined as: graveyard; cemetery.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “graveyard”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 墓场 (墓場) | mù chǎng | graveyard |
| 墓园 (墓園) | mù yuán | cemetery; graveyard |
| 墓地 | mù dì | cemetery; graveyard |
| 坟茔 (墳塋) | fén yíng | grave; tomb |
| 坟山 (墳山) | fén shān | hill cemetery; graveyard |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 坟地.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坟墓 (墳墓) | fén mù | grave; tomb |
| 祖坟 (祖墳) | zǔ fén | ancestral tomb |
| 坟场 (墳場) | fén chǎng | cemetery |
| 上坟 (上墳) | shàng fén | to visit a grave |
| 自掘坟墓 (自掘墳墓) | zì jué fén mù | to dig one's own grave |
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
See also: Japanese symbol for “graveyard”.
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.