丘

qiū

hillock; mound (variant of 丘[qiu1])

a picture of 丘 → hillock or mound

The original form showed two small hills side by side, evoking uneven, rolling terrain. Over time the strokes merged into the compact shape we see today.

斤+一→丘

村子旁边有一座小丘,上面长满了草。

cūn zi páng biān yǒu yī zuò xiǎo qiū,shàng miàn zhǎng mǎn le cǎo。

Beside the village there is a small hillock, covered all over with grass.

他爬上那座沙丘,向远处望去。

tā pá shàng nà zuò shā qiū,xiàng yuǎn chù wàng qù。

He climbed up that sand dune and gazed into the distance.

Words with 丘

沙丘

shā qiū

sand dune

任丘市

rén qiū shì

Renqiu, a county-level city in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei

霍丘

huò qiū

variant of 霍邱[Huo4 qiu1]

灵丘

líng qiū

Lingqiu county in Datong 大同[Da4 tong2], Shanxi

灵丘县

líng qiū xiàn

Lingqiu county in Datong 大同[Da4 tong2], Shanxi

马丘比丘

mǎ qiū bǐ qiū

Machu Picchu

一丘之貉

yī qiū zhī hé

jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.

下丘脑

xià qiū nǎo

hypothalamus (anatomy)

下视丘

xià shì qiū

(anatomy) hypothalamus (Tw)

丘八

qiū bā

soldier (from the two components of the 兵 character) (derog.)

丘北

qiū běi

Qiubei 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 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan

丘北县

qiū běi xiàn

Qiubei 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 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan

More characters with 斤

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