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丘 (Kangxi radical 1,一+4, 5 strokes,cangjie input人一 (OM),four-corner72101,composition⿱斤一)
Kangxi Dictionary:一部/四畫 on the Chinese Wikisource.| Historical forms of the character丘 | |||||||
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 j19598  j19599  j19600  j19601  j19602  j19603  j19604  j19605  j19606  j19607  j19608  j19609  j19610  j19611  j19612  j19613  j19614  j19615  j19616  j19618  j19619  j19620  j19621  j19622  j19623 Transcribed ancient scripts  L11667  L11668  L11669  L11670  L11671  L11672  L11673  L11674  L11675  L11676  L11677  L11678  L11679  L11680  L11665  L11666 | |||||||
References: Mostly from Richard Sears'Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Ideogram (指事) – hill. Earlier form closer to丠, as in虛 (OC*kʰa, *qʰa). Compare山. Unrelated to兵 and斤.
| simp. andtrad. | 丘 | |
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Wang (1982) relates this word to墟 (xū) "ruin-mound". However,Schuessler (2007) disagrees.
Schuessler considers two homophones丘, "hill, mound" and丘 "village, district" to be the same word as settlements were often built on elevated grounds (for a parallel see京 (jīng)) and traces this word's etymology toProto-Sino-Tibetan*r/g-wa(“village”); within Sinitic,丘 (OC*kʰʷɯ) is cognate with里 (OC*rɯʔ) "village" and街 (OC*kreː, *kreː) "road crossing, street"; outsides Sinitic, cognate withMizokhua(“village”),Laikhûa(“village, cosmos”), andBurmeseရွာ(rwa,“village”) (STEDT).
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 丘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 去鳩切 |
| Baxter | khjuw |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰiəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰuw/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰiu/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰĭəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qiū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hau1 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 丘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qiū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ khjuw › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ʷʰə/ |
| English | hill, mound |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 丘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10523 |
| Phonetic component | 丘 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 丘 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰʷɯ/ |
丘
See邱 (qiū).
Since Song dynasty, this character may be read as某 (mǒu) to prevent mentioning name of Confucius.
| For pronunciation and definitions of丘 – see兵 (“weapon;army;troops; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of兵). |
| For pronunciation and definitions of丘 – see蚯 (“earthworm”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of蚯). |
Notes:
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| Kanji in this term |
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| 丘 |
| おか Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of丘 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term,丘, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
| Kanji in this term |
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| 丘 |
| つかさ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of丘 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term,丘, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
FromMiddle Chinese丘 (MC khjuw). Recorded asMiddle Korean구(kwu) (Yale:kwu) inHunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
丘 (fāi)
丘:Hán Việt readings:khiêu,khâu,khưu
丘:Nôm readings:khâu,kheo,khưu
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