漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence
丘: hill, knoll
JLPT N15 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
一 carries the meaning · 斤 is drawn in
5 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Today
Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
キュウkyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 丘陵きゅうりょうhill; hillock
- 砂丘さきゅうsand dune; sand hill
- 墳丘ふんきゅうtumulus; grave mound
おかoka · kun'yomi · on its own
- 丘おかhill; height; knoll
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything begins with one. This radical is the first strike of the brush that defines the horizon, the first step of a long journey, and the very foundation of the mathematical world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qiū
Same form: 丘 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 丘 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 丘 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qiū most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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