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 was created to observe the naming taboo of Confucius, whose real name was 孔丘 (Kǒng Qiū).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiū (qiu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jau¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hiu¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hiû

(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

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/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiu³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiû
  - 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)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ku¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ku
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ku¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kiu¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kiu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiu⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiu⁵⁴⁴/

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/

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

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 丘 (“mound; dune; hill”)
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

“邱”, 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., 2025.

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

Sawndip form of gyaeuj (“head; headhair”)