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Kanji Detail for 丘 - "hill, mound, elevation"

丘

  • Meaning

    丘 means "hill, mound, elevation."

    1. Hill - A small mountain; elevated terrain.

    2. Mound - A tomb; a grave made of piled earth.

    3. Village - A rural settlement.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    hill; knoll

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hill; elder; empty; a name

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Qiu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    mound, hill; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A mound. High on four sides and low in the center is called 丘. | An ancient method of dividing fields. Eight families share one well. Four wells make one 邑. Four 邑 make one 丘. A total of 128 families. | To gather. The ancient geographical records of the Nine Provinces were called 九丘, meaning everything from the Nine Provinces was gathered in this book. | Great. In ancient times, the eldest sister-in-law was called 丘嫂. See (Book of Han).
  • Onyomitip

    kyu(きゅ) きゅ

  • Kunyomitip

    oka(おか) おか

  • Strokestip

    5 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    一 (ichi)

  • Related Keywords
    hill mound knoll hillock rise elevation height highland upland slope incline ridge dune hummock bluff butte mesa plateau promontory eminence

Sentences including 丘

  • The house stood on the hill.

  • The building on the hill is our school.

  • The car ran down the hill.

  • His house was in sight from the top of the hill.

  • Will mr oka teach english?

  • He is standing on the hill.

  • There used to be a castle on this hill.

  • The hill is always green.

  • There used to be a castle on the hill.

  • His school stands on a high hill.

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