丘

surname Qiu

mound / hillock / grave / classifier for fields

丘 = 丿 + 丨 + 工 : In front of the outhouse, the Queen of Hearts set up a mound for her relatives. She also put a gate in front of it where the two pillars are a banana and a dinosaur bone respectively, and the horizontal beam is a steel beam.

丘

坵

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

variant of 丘[qiu1] / hillock

丘 character breakdown

丘
- 丨
- 丿
- 工
  - 丨
  - 二
    - 一

丨

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).

丨

shù = shu + Ø4

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

工

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor

工 = 二 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a steel beam, since 工 looks like the cross section of a steel beam. In front of the engine ((e)ng1), Gitta Giraffe (gu) is doing some hard work: She's stacking a capacitor (二) on a dinosaur bone (丨) on a capacitor (二). She's not very successful, but then she gets the idea to use steel beams (工) as support.

Characters with 丘 as component

丘

坵

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

variant of 丘[qiu1] / hillock

兵

bi̅ng = bi + (e)ng1

soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4]

兵 = 丘 + 八 : Brunhilde and the soldier visit a burial mound in front of the engine. It is round like a ball like the deceased inside. To commemorate the round fallen soldier they put up a big eight-ball.

岳

嶽

yuè = yu + e4

surname Yue

岳

yuè = yu + e4

wife's parents and paternal uncles

岳 = 丘 + 山 : Yu the Great (yu) buried his wife's parents and paternal uncles (岳) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). For each of them he set up a small mound (丘), and his wife's parents got the highest peak of the mountain ridge (岳). It was very hard for him to pile up the mounds because he used a fork (山) to do so.

岳

yuè = yu + e4

surname Yue

岳

嶽

yuè = yu + e4

high mountain / highest peak of a mountain ridge

乒

pi̅ng = pi + (e)ng1

(onom.) ping / bing

乒 = 丘 + 丿 : Pocahontas (pi) is playing table tennis (乒) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). The table is standing on a huge mound (丘), and only the left half of the table and the mound can be seen. Pocahontas uses a banana (丿) as table tennis bat.

乓

pa̅ng = p + ang1

(onom.) bang

乓 = 丘 + 丶 : Pinocchio (p) is playing table tennis (乓) in front of the anglepod (ang1). The table is standing on a huge mound (丘), and only the right half of the table and the mound can be seen. Pinocchio uses a petal leaf (丶) as table tennis bat.

邱

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

surname Qiu

邱

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

mound

蚯

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

earthworm

茊

zi̅ = z + Ø1

old variant of 茲|兹[zi1]