丘

Glyph origin
– hill. Earlier form closer to, as in. Compare.

Etymology 1
relates this word to "ruin-mound". However, disagrees.

Schuessler considers two homophones 丘, "hill, mound" and 丘 "village, district" to be the same word as settlements were often built on elevated grounds (for a parallel see ) and traces this word's etymology to ; within Sinitic, is cognate with  "village" and  "road crossing, street"; outsides Sinitic, cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬 (STEDT).

Definitions

 * 1) mound; hill
 * 2) grave
 * 3) to place a coffin in a temporary shelter pending burial
 * 4)  ruins
 * 5)  empty
 * 1)  ruins
 * 2)  empty
 * 1)  empty

Usage notes
See.

Pronunciation 2
Since Song dynasty, this character may be read as to prevent mentioning name of Confucius.

Etymology
From.

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) hill