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<WL>丘 [qiū] hill/hillock/mound (丘陵 ‘hills’); 沙丘 sand dune; 土丘 mound/hillock; 坟丘 grave/tomb; 孔丘 Confucius@@; (HDZ:) … | <WL>丘 [qiū] hill/hillock/mound (丘陵 ‘hills’); 沙丘 sand dune; 土丘 mound/hillock; 坟丘 grave/tomb; 孔丘 Confucius@@; (HDZ:) … | ||
The character 丘 qiū ‘hill/mound’ seems to have a shape like 斤 (jīn ‘axe’) over 一, but 斤 here is an abbrev. 北 in older graphs. | The character 丘 qiū ‘hill/mound’ seems to have a shape like 斤 (jīn ‘axe’) over 一, but 斤 here is an abbrev. 北 in older graphs. | ||
The Shuōwén Seal form of 丘(丠) qiū ‘earthen hills’ (cold/dark hollow, naturally formed, not a man-made mound) combines 北() běi | The Shuōwén Seal form of 丘(丠) qiū ‘earthen hills’ (cold/dark hollow, naturally formed, not a man-made mound) combines 北() běi ‘north’ (cold/uninhabited region), and a horizontal line 一 representing ‘earth/land/region’ (as in 至, 旦, 立…); people dwelt on the south/warm (阳) side of the city hills, with the north/cold (阴) to their back (背); in the old form 𤤘() the component 土() tǔ ‘earth’ is added below. | ||
Compare: 岳(𡶓嶽) ‘Five Sacred Mountains’, in which the old wr. of 丘 looks like (as in 雋, 𠈧), or 凹. | Compare: 岳(𡶓嶽) ‘Five Sacred Mountains’, in which the old wr. of 丘 looks like (as in 雋, 𠈧), or 凹. | ||
Older graphs associated with 丘 are rather like 屾() shēn ‘mountain range’, i.e. 山() shān ‘mountain’ repeated; the 屾 shape was later reinterpreted as 北. | Older graphs associated with 丘 are rather like 屾() shēn ‘mountain range’, i.e. 山() shān ‘mountain’ repeated; the 屾 shape was later reinterpreted as 北. | ||
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