# 邱

| 邱 | U+90B1, &#37041; 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 7712$_7$, 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
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 邱
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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 (qiu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jau$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hiu$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hiû
    (Hailu, HRS): hiu$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hiu$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): kiŭ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ku$^1$ / kiu$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ku$^1$ / kiu$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$chieu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiū
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciou
*** Wade–Giles: chʻiu$^1$
*** Yale: chyōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiou
*** Palladius: цю (cju)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^1$
*** Yale: yāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hiu³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiû
*** Hakka Romanization System: hiu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi̯u²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: hiu$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /hiu⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hiu⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kiŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰieu⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ku$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu⁵³³/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiu⁵³³/
* ku1 - vernacular (incl. surname);
* kiu1- literary (also used in surname but less common).
* 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 | hau$^1$ |
* 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

(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”)