墓
はか · haka · JLPT N3 · noun
grave
🪦 莫 (sun sinking, nothing left) + 土 (earth) = where life ends under soil
墓 is 莫, the sun setting into grass, set over 土, earth. For the sound, はか (haka) is also the name of the Māori haka, a ceremonial dance that is performed at funerals.
墓 — grass 艹 + 莫 (phonetic, 'sunset')
A semantic-phonetic compound. The 土 'earth' element at the bottom signals burial mound, while 莫 (originally a sun setting in grass) supplies the sound. The character means 'grave' or 'tomb,' with 莫 also hinting at the sense of life's end.