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丘
qiū
1. mound
2. hillock
3. grave
4. classifier for fields
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

丘
qiū
mound, hill; surname
HSK 6 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

丘八
qiūbā
soldier (from the two components of the [[兵]] character) (derog.)
丘北
Qiūběi
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<WénshānZhuàngzúMiáozúzìzhìzhōu>]], Yunnan
丘壑
qiūhè
hills and valleys
丘疹
qiūzhěn
pimple
丘县
Qiūxiàn
Qiu county in Hebei
丘脑
qiūnǎo
thalamus
丘陵
qiūlíng
hills
HSK 6
丘鹬
qiūyù
(Chinese bird species) Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
低丘
dīqiū
hilly (geography)
内丘
Nèiqiū
Neiqiu county in Xingtai [[邢台<Xíngtái>]], Hebei
商丘
Shāngqiū
Shangqiu prefecture level city in Henan
土丘
tǔqiū
mound
坟丘
fénqiū
a tomb
孔丘
KǒngQiū
Confucius
安丘
Ānqiū
Anqiu county level city in Weifang [[濰坊|潍坊<Wéifāng>]], Shandong
封丘
Fēngqiū
Fengqiu county in Xinxiang [[新鄉|新乡<Xīnxiāng>]], Henan
小丘
xiǎoqiū
hill
山丘
shānqiū
hill
比丘
Bǐqiū
Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu")
沈丘
Shěnqiū
Shenqiu county in Zhoukou [[周口<Zhōukǒu>]], Henan

Alternate Entries

丘
Qiū
surname Qiu
丘
qiū
variant of [[丘<qiū>]] / hillock

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,928
Word Frequency Rank
4,022 of 84,292

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