qiū

hill

Evolution

丠 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
丠 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
丠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
丠 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

qiū

hill; elder; empty; a name; old variant of [qiū]

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+4E20

Shuowen

“丘,土之高也,非人所為也。从北,从一。一,地也。人居在丘南,故从北。中邦之居在崐崘東南。一曰四方高中央下為丘。象形。,古文从土。”


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