Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "丘", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "丘", and master the standard way of writing the character "丘".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 丘
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "丘" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Confucius / given name / mound, earthenware, earthenware vessel
丘 (qiū)
1. 小土山: A small earthen hill or mound.
Example: 土丘 (earth mound), 沙丘 (sand dune), 丘陵 (hill range), 丘壑 (hill and gully).
2. 像小土山凸起的: Something that resembles a small earthen hill.
Example: 丘疹 (hillock-like rash).
3. 坟墓: A grave or tomb.
Example: 丘墓 (large grave), 丘垄 (grave ridge).
4. 量词,指用田塍隔开的水田: A unit of measure referring to fields separated by ridges.
Example: 一丘十亩大的小田 (a small field of ten acres).
5. 众人聚居的地方: A place where many people reside.
Example: 丘民 (local residents; villagers).
6. 用砖石封闭有尸体的棺材: A coffin sealed with bricks and stones containing a corpse.
7. 姓: A surname.
丘 (qiū) [noun]
本义: 自然形成的小土山 (Originally: Naturally formed small earthen hill).
造字法: 会意兼指事。甲骨文字形,象地面上并立两个小土峰 (Character formation method: A combination of ideogram and pictogram; the Oracle Bone script represents two small peaks on the ground).
1. 同本义: (hillock; mound).
2. 泛指山: Commonly refers to mountains (mountain; hill).
3. 坟墓: A grave (grave).
4. 废墟: Waste-land.
5. 荒凉的乡里: Wild country.
6. 通“区”: Referring to area or district.
7. 姓: A surname.
丘 (qiū) [adjective]
1. 空;寡: Empty; widowed.
2. 通“巨”: Great.
丘 (qiū) [measure word]
1. 指用田塍隔开的水田: Referring to fields separated by ridges (field).
Example: 一丘之乔 (a field of towering crops).
Example: 三丘秧田 (three fields of seedlings).