丘

See also 丠

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogram (指事) – hills. Earlier form closer to 丠, as in 虛. Compare 山.

Han character

丘 (radical 1 一+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人一 (OM), four-corner 7210₁, composition ⿱斤一)

1. hill
2. elder
3. empty
4. a name

Coordinate terms

• (hills): 山

Derived characters

• 岳 虗/虛

References

• KangXi: page 77, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33
• Dae Jaweon: page 156, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 17, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E18

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Cantonese

Hanzi

丘 (Yale yau1)

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Japanese

Noun

丘 (hiragana おか, romaji oka)

岡 (おか, oka)

岡 (こう, kō)

壟 (おか, oka)

The most common kanji for this word is 丘.

1. hill
   • 丘を下る

     おかをくだる

     oka o kudaru

     to go down a hill

Kanji

丘 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: おか (oka)

Compounds

• 丘上
• 丘疹 (きゅうしん, kyūshin)
• 丘辺
• 丘陵

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Korean

Hanja

丘
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 구 (revised: gu, McCune-Reischauer: ku)

• Name (hangeul): 언덕 (revised: eondeok, McCune-Reischauer: ǒndǒk)

1. hill

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丘

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Mandarin

Hanzi

丘 (pinyin qiū (qiu1), Wade-Giles ch'iu¹)

Compounds

• 丘疹 (qiū zhěn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

丘 (khâu, kheo, khưu)

References

• Nom Foundation