碑 — kanji meaning “tombstone”
碑
tombstone, monument
- Meanings
- tombstone, monument
- On'yomi
- ヒ (hi)
- Kun'yomi
- いしぶみ
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1792 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 112
- Chinese reading
- bēi — Chinese character page
Words with 碑
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 石碑 | せきひ sekihi | stone monument |
| 碑文 | ひぶん hibun | inscription; epitaph; epigraph |
| 墓碑 | ぼひ bohi | gravestone; tombstone |
| 詩碑 | しひ shihi | monument (stele, gravestone, etc.) engraved with a poem |
| 歌碑 | かひ kahi | monument (stele, gravestone, etc.) engraved with a waka |
| 記念碑 | きねんひ kinenhi | commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription) |
| 墓碑銘 | ぼひめい bohimei | epitaph; inscription on a tombstone |
| 忠魂碑 | ちゅうこんひ chuukonhi | monument to the faithful who died in battle |
| 句碑 | くひ kuhi | slab with a haiku cut on it |
| 口碑 | こうひ kouhi | oral tradition; legend; folklore |
| 碑石 | ひせき hiseki | stone monument |
| 建碑 | けんぴ kenpi | erection of a monument |
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