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Chinese
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mound; hill; Confucius mound; hill; Confucius; given name
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mound; tomb; hill mound; tomb; hill; mountain
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trad. (丘陵)
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丘
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陵
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simp. #(丘陵)
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丘
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陵
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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丘
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陵
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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qiū
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líng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ khjuw ›
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‹ ling ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ʷʰə/
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/*əŋ/
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English
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hill, mound
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mound, hill
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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丘
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陵
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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10523
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8246
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Phonetic component
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丘
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夌
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Rime group
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之
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蒸
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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丘
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陵
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Old Chinese
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/*kʰʷɯ/
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/*rɯŋ/
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Noun
丘陵
- continuous stretch of hills
- 丘陵起伏 ― qiūlíng qǐfú ― a chain of undulating hills
- 丘陵地帶/丘陵地带 ― qiūlíng dìdài ― hilly land
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
丘陵 • (kyūryō) ←きうりよう (kiuryou)?
- hill
Synonyms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
丘陵 • (gureung) (hangeul 구릉)
- hanja form? of 구릉 (“hill”)