邱

邱 U+90B1, 邱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90B1 ← 邰 [U+90B0] CJK Unified Ideographs 邲 → [U+90B2]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𢮼, 𣔆, 𫃃, 𫋄, 𨨎, 𩜞

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiū (qiu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hîu

  (Hailu, HRS): hiu^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hiu¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): kiŭ
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ku¹ / kiu¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ku¹ / kiu¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹chieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciou
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu¹
    • Yale: chyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiou
    • Palladius: цю (cju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau¹
    • Yale: yāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hîu
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯u²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiu^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /hiu⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hiu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hiu⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kiŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰieu⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ku¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵³³/
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiu⁵³³/

Note:

• ku1 - vernacular (incl. surname);
• kiu1- literary (also used in surname but less common).

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khu
    • Tâi-lô: khu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ku¹ / kiu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khu / khiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu³³/, /kʰiu³³/

Note:

• ku1 - vernacular (surname only);
• kiu1- literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹chieu
    • MiniDict: chieu^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɤ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: khjuw

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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷɯ/

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. a surname

Usage notes

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

Compounds

• 內邱／内丘 (Nèiqiū)
• 大邱 (Dàqiū)
• 安邱／安丘 (Ānqiū)
• 封邱／封丘 (Fēngqiū)
• 比邱
• 邱壑
• 邱橋／邱桥 (Qiūqiáo)
• 邱比特 (Qiūbǐtè)
• 霍邱／霍丘 (Huòqiū)
• 章邱／章丘 (Zhāngqiū)

 

References

• “Entry #41092”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji

邱

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: おか (oka, 邱)

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”)