丘 (qiū) is a Chinese character meaning “a hill”. It is written from ㇒ (left-falling stroke) and ㇑ (vertical stroke) and ㇐ (horizontal stroke) and ㇑ (vertical stroke) and ㇐ (horizontal stroke), and takes 5 strokes.
Build the character for “hill; mound”
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Structure
㇒ + ㇑ + ㇐ + ㇑ + ㇐
Overlapping structure
- ㇒ left-falling stroke unknown
- ㇑ vertical stroke unknown
- ㇐ horizontal stroke unknown
- ㇑ vertical stroke unknown
- ㇐ horizontal stroke unknown
Structure from: Unicode U+4E18 and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph inspection (five strokes: 撇 / 竖 / 横 / 竖 / 横)
Memory aid
A short left-falling stroke (㇒) marks the top of the slope. Below it one vertical (㇑) drops down the left side, a horizontal (㇐) runs out to the right, a second vertical (㇑) drops from that line, and one last long horizontal (㇐) spreads out underneath as flat ground — a small hill sitting on the plain.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
5 strokes
In real words
- 沙丘shā qiūsand dune丘 = qiū
- 丘陵qiū línghills; hilly land丘 = qiū
Go deeper
All readings
hill; mound
a hill; a mound; a small elevation of land
小土山；地面隆起的高地。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 沙丘shā qiūsand dune丘 = qiū
- 丘陵qiū línghills; hilly land丘 = qiū
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 丘 mean?
丘 (qiū) means a hill; a mound; a small elevation of land.
How do you pronounce 丘?
It is pronounced qiū.
What parts is 丘 made of?
㇒ (left-falling stroke) and ㇑ (vertical stroke) and ㇐ (horizontal stroke) and ㇑ (vertical stroke) and ㇐ (horizontal stroke). The recorded source is: Unicode U+4E18 and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph inspection (five strokes: 撇 / 竖 / 横 / 竖 / 横). Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 丘 have?
5. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 丘?
一. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 丘?
Common ones are 沙丘 and 丘陵. The reading of 丘 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.