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Kanji Detail for 碑 - "monument, stele, memorial"

碑

  • Meaning

    碑 means "monument, stele, memorial."

    1. Monument - A stone pillar with inscriptions; a memorial stone.

    2. Stele - An upright stone slab bearing inscriptions.

    3. Memorial - A structure preserving memory of events or people.

  • Words using 碑

    • 記念碑 きねんひ Listen commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
    • 碑文 ひぶん Listen inscription; epitaph; epigraph

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    • Verified meaning: monument, stele, memorial
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いしぶみ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 碑

    Surnames 碑(いしぶみ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tombstone; monument

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    stone tablet; gravestone

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele; CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    stone tablet; gravestone

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    An upright stone. Anciently placed in ancestral temples for tying sacrificial animals. Later people inscribed achievements and virtues on them. Hence all stones with inscriptions are called 碑.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hi(ヒ) ヒ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ishibumi(いしぶみ) いしぶみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    石 (ishi・ishihen)

  • Related Keywords

    monument stele memorial building stone sundial gravestone inscription tombstone plaque commemoration marker epitaph headstone

Sentences including 碑

  • They are memorials.

  • The monument was set up in the park.

  • The soldiers have erected a peace monument.

  • They set up a tombstone over the grave overlooking the harbor.

  • A monument has been erected to the memory of the deceased.

  • This road will lead you to the monument.

  • A monument was erected in her honor.

  • This monument was erected in February, 1985.

  • The governor dedicated the memorial to the soldiers who died in the war.

  • The city dedicated a monument in honor of the general.

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