邱

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邱 U+90B1, 邱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90B1
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 邲 →

Translingual

Han character

邱 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人一弓中 (OMNL), four-corner 77127, composition ⿰丘阝)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1269, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39335
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1768, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3763, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+90B1

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 邱
alternative forms 丘 former simplified

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 邱
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (丘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
丘 *kʰʷɯ
邱 *kʰʷɯ
蚯 *kʰʷɯ
丠 *kʰʷɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰʷɯ) : phonetic 丘 (OC *kʰʷɯ) + semantic 邑 (“city; town”)

This character originated from the naming taboo of Confucius, 孔丘 (Kǒng Qiū).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • kiu1- literary;
  • ku1 - vernacular (surname only).
    Rime
    Character 邱
    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/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/kʰi̯ə̯u/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		qiū
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		hau1
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 邱
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 10524
    Phonetic
    component         		丘
    Rime
    group         		之
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		丘
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kʰʷɯ/

    Definitions

    邱

    1. † Alternative form of 丘 (“mound; dune; hill”)
    2. (dialect) ugly; bad
    3. a surname

    Usage notes

    The character 邱 was considered a variant form of the character 丘 (qiū) in Mainland China until 1988.

    Compounds

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    邱

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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    Readings

    Korean

    Hanja

    邱 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    邱: Hán Nôm readings: khâu, khưu

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    Zhuang

    Noun

    邱

    1. Sawndip form of gyaeuj (“head; headhair”)
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