Home / Hanzi / 丘

1 2 3 4 5

丘

Spell out: + =

mound; hillock; grave; classifier for fields

5 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,235 U+4E18

How 丘 is formed

Pictograph (象形字)

Two hills

components: 斤 一

How to remember it

hill · Heisig RSH #1077

tomahawk

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 丘 as their sound component

These characters all use 丘 (qiū) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
丘 sound component qiū mound, hill; surname
蚯 qiū earthworm (1)

Words containing 丘

WordPinyinMeaning
克拉夫丘克 Kè lā fū qiū kè Leonid Kravchuk (1934-), first post-communist president of Ukraine 1991-1994
安丘市 Ān qiū Shì Anqiu, a county-level city in Weifang City 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wei2 fang1 Shi4], Shandong
丘尔金 Qiū ěr jīn Churkin (name); Vitaly I. Churkin (1952-), Russian diplomat, Ambassador to UN from 2006
丘北县 Qiū běi Xiàn Qiubei, a county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2…
内丘县 Nèi qiū Xiàn Neiqiu, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei
丘比特 Qiū bǐ tè Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty
商丘市 Shāng qiū Shì Shangqiu, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]
下视丘 xià shì qiū (anatomy) hypothalamus (Tw)
比丘尼 bǐ qiū ní Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni")
丘吉尔 Qiū jí ěr variant of 邱吉爾|邱吉尔[Qiu1 ji2 er3]
下丘脑 xià qiū nǎo hypothalamus (anatomy)
灵丘县 Líng qiū Xiàn Lingqiu, a county in Datong City 大同市[Da4 tong2 Shi4], Shanxi
虎丘区 Hǔ qiū Qū Huqiu, a district of Suzhou City 蘇州市|苏州市[Su1 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu
任丘市 Rén qiū Shì Renqiu, a county-level city in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei
丘县 Qiū xiàn Qiu county in Hebei
山丘 shān qiū hill
小丘 xiǎo qiū hill; knoll
安丘 Ān qiū see 安丘市[An1 qiu1 Shi4]
封丘县 Fēng qiū Xiàn Fengqiu, a county in Xinxiang City 新鄉市|新乡市[Xin1 xiang1 Shi4], Henan
马丘比丘 Mǎ qiū Bǐ qiū Machu Picchu