丘 (jau1 | qiu1) : hill, mound

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丘

jau1

qiu1

[1] [n] hillock; mound [2] generally used to denote the open country, or wild country [3] big; elder [4] empty [5] the first name of Confucius [6] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 5

Level: 3

Radical: 一 (#1)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

丘

This word has been viewed 6680 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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山丘 saan1 jau1 shan1 qiu1 = hills and mountains

丘野 jau1 je5 = countryside

丘陵 jau1 ling4 qiu1 ling2 = hills

丘疹 jau1 zan2 qiu1 zhen3 = pimple; zit 國

小丘 siu2 jau1 xiao3 qiu1 = hill, knoll

蟻丘 ngai5 jau1 = anthill

比丘 bei2 jau1 bi3 qiu1 = Buddhist monk

比丘尼 bei2 jau1 nei4 bi3 qiu1 ni2 = Buddhist nun

一丘之貉 jat1 jau1 zi1 hok6 yi1 qiu1 zhi1 he2 = jackals from the same lair; birds of a feather

沙丘 saa1 yau1 sha1 qiu1 = sand dunes
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 丘
Unicode code for this character: U+4E18 (off-site link)

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