邱

Translingual

Han character

邱 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人一弓中 (OMNL), four-corner 7712₇, composition ⿰丘⻏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1269, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39335
• Dae Jaweon: page 1768, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3763, character 5
• Unihan data for U+90B1

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		邱
alternative forms		丘 (former simplified)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 邱
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (丘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
丘	*kʰʷɯ
邱	*kʰʷɯ
蚯	*kʰʷɯ
丠	*kʰʷɯ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiū (qiu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciou
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹
    • Yale: chyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiou
    • Palladius: цю (cju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau¹
    • Yale: yāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu
    • Tâi-lô: khu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰu⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khjuw

Rime
Character	邱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去鳩切
Baxter	khjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiu/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuw/
Li Rong	/kʰiu/
Wang Li	/kʰĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	邱
Reading #	1/1
No.	10524
Phonetic component	丘
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	丘
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷɯ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 邱

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 丘 (“mount; dune; hill”).
2. (dialect) ugly; bad
3. a surname

Usage notes

The character 邱 was considered a variant form of the character 丘 (qiū) in Mainland China until 1988.

References

• “Entry #41092”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Kanji

邱

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: おか (oka, 邱)

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Korean

Hanja

邱 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 邱 (khâu, khưu)

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