丘

hill, knoll

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キュウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

おか

Nanori (名乗り)

たかし

Stroke Order

5 / 5

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:5

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1405

Vocabulary

キュウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
丘陵	キュウリョウ	hill; hillock; rolling hills; foothills
砂丘	サキュウ	sand dune; sand hill
砂丘	シャキュウ	sand dune; sand hill
墳丘	フンキュウ	tumulus; grave mound
円丘	エンキュウ	knoll; hummock

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
丘	おか	hill; height; knoll; rising ground; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
丘しん	きゅうしん	pimple; papule
丘辺	おかべ	vicinity of a hill
比丘	びく	bhikkhu (fully ordained Buddhist monk)
比丘尼	びくに	bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics

shout, exclaim, yell

whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill

spit, vomit, belch, confess, tell (lies)

prolong, stretching