Word Meaning

いしぶみ ishibumi

碑 is read as いしぶみ (ishibumi) and means stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations).

Meaning

English

  1. stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations)
  2. stele
  3. stela

Reading

Kana

いしぶみ

Romaji

ishibumi

Writing Variants

  • 石文 いしぶみ ishibumi
  • hi

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Rank 5987 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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碑文

ひぶん

inscription

石碑

せきひ

stone monument

記念碑

きねんひ

commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone)

墓碑

ぼひ

gravestone

詩碑

しひ

monument (stele, gravestone, etc.) engraved with a poem

Example Sentences

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The monument was set up in the park.

This monument was erected in February, 1985.

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

A monument was erected in her honor.

This road will lead you to the monument.

In 1958, the statue was built in the Hiroshima Peace Park.

Here at the Jokanji, also known as the "Nagekomi-dera", in the cemetery there is a memorial to thousands of prostitutes, the so-called "women of pleasure", who have found their final resting place here. It's filled with an indescribable melancholy, and, for some reason, it makes me want to come back here again and again.