丘
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
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:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丘 sound component | qiū | mound, hill; surname |
| 蚯 | qiū | earthworm (1) |
Words containing 丘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |