葬 (zàng)

old variant of 葬[zang4]

Etymology

Depicts burying a dead body (死) beneath the grass (茻).

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“葬,藏也。从死在茻中。一其中,所以薦之。《易》曰:‘古之葬者,厚衣之以薪。’”

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