丘 — Chinese character
丘
qiū
mound, hill; surname
- Pinyin
- qiū
- Radical
- 1 ⼀ (One)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 斤 一
- Formation
- pictographic — Two hills
- Japanese
- 丘 as a kanji
Common words with 丘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丘陵 | qiū líng | hills |
| 山丘 | shān qiū | hill |
| 沙丘 | shā qiū | sand dune; sandy hill |
| 比丘 | bǐ qiū | Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu") |
| 小丘 | xiǎo qiū | hill; knoll |
| 丘疹 | qiū zhěn | pimple |
| 土丘 | tǔ qiū | mound; hillock |
| 下丘脑 (下丘腦) | xià qiū nǎo | hypothalamus (anatomy) |
| 丘脑 (丘腦) | qiū nǎo | thalamus |
| 比丘尼 | bǐ qiū ní | Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni") |
| 坟丘 (墳丘) | fén qiū | a tomb |
| 一丘之貉 | yī qiū zhī hé | jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other. |
English words written with 丘
丘 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 18 · Art of War 2 · I Ching 3 · Mencius 10 · Zhuangzi 80 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Analects 5.24
- Analects 5.27
- Analects 7.23
- Analects 7.30
- Analects 7.34
- Analects 10.11
- Analects 11.14
- Analects 14.34
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