坵

See also: 丘

坵 U+5775, 坵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5775 ← 坴 [U+5774] CJK Unified Ideographs 坶 → [U+5776]

Translingual

Han character

坵 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土人一 (GOM), four-corner 4211₁, composition ⿰土丘)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 226, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4990
• Dae Jaweon: page 462, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 432, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5775

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 坵
Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology 1

trad.		坵
simp.		丘*

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiū (qiu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiû
• Eastern Min (BUC): kŭ / kiŭ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khu / khiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciou
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹
    • Yale: chyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiou
    • Palladius: цю (cju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau¹
    • Yale: yāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiû
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯u²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kŭ / kiŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵/, /kʰieu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu / khiu
    • Tâi-lô: khu / khiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qw, qiw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰu⁴⁴/, /kʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰu³³/, /kʰiu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰu⁴⁴/, /kʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰu⁴⁴/, /kʰiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰu⁴⁴/, /kʰiu⁴⁴/

Definitions

坵

1. mound; hill
2. (dialectal) Classifier for fields: plot

   Synonyms: 塊／块 (kuài), 畦

   • 俺个心肝肚有一坵田 [Sixian Hakka, trad. and simp.]

     From: 劉榮昌, 種一蕊靚靚个花

     ngài ke sîm-kôn-tú yû yit khiû thièn [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

     There is a field in my heart

Compounds

• 坵荒／丘荒
• 大坵 (Dàqiū)
• 小坵 (Xiǎoqiū)
• 烏坵／乌丘 (Wūqiū, “Wuqiu”)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 坵 – see 坻 (“islet, small body of land in water; shore; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 坻).

Japanese

Kanji

坵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}
• Kun: おか (oka, 坵)

Korean

Hanja

坵 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku)

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Vietnamese

Han character

坵: Hán Nôm readings: gò

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