Chinese Character Wiki
丘

qiū

hill

Pictograph of two hills.

Evolution

丘 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
丘 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
丘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
丘 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
丘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

丘  

qiū

hill; elder; empty; a name; mound; hillock; grave; classifier for fields

丘  

Qiū

surname Qiu

丘 (坵) 

qiū

variant of 丘[qiū]

Most common words with 丘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

丘

mound

山丘

hill

沙丘

sand dune

丘吉尔

surname Churchill

丘陵

hills

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (1 verified)

虛 岳 邱

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

邱 蚯

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

疐

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ʷʰə

khjuw

qiū

hill, mound


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.7642% of movies

2365th most common character in movies

1929th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+4E18

Shuowen

“丘，土之高也，非人所為也。从北，从一。一，地也。人居在丘南，故从北。中邦之居在崐崘東南。一曰四方高中央下為丘。象形。，古文从土。”


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