阝 hill, village, mound (left form)

Origin · sourced

Pictogram象形

Source: Wiktionary, 阜 (rev. 88361179), the entry for the full form, CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Climb high! This radical represents the natural landscape of mounds, hills, and the protective physical barriers they provide for human settlements. When it sits on the left, think of vast geography, great heights, the boundaries of a village, and the walls and slopes that define a place. It is the radical of the surveyor, the mountaineer, and the town planner.”