Memory phrase for the character: 丘

丘

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Meaning

mound, hillock, grave

Pronunciation

qiū

Explanation

 Top: axe 斤, below: ground/earth 一

Mnemonic
 
An axe in the ground as a burial object in the [burial] mound/hill.

Radicals

丘 mound, hillock
斤 axeImage of an axe, probably with the handle on the right.




 Vocabulary

丘陵 qiū líng  hills
孔丘 Kǒng Qiū  Confucius
沙丘 shā qiū  sand dune; sandy hill
华屋丘墟 huá wū qiū xū  magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans in ruins
华屋丘墟 huá wū qiū xū  

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