Word Meaning

つか tsuka

塚 is read as つか (tsuka) and means mound.

Meaning

English

  1. mound
  2. heap
  3. hillock
  4. standing stone
  5. stone signpost
  6. roadside stone statue
  7. burial mound
  8. tomb

Reading

Kana

つか

Romaji

tsuka

Writing Variants

  • つか tsuka

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 16521 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

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貝塚

かいづか

shell heap

一里塚

いちりづか

milestone (1 ri apart)

円塚

まるづか

round burial mound

高塚

たかつか

tumulus

経塚

きょうづか

sutra mound

首塚

くびづか

burial mound for severed heads