mound

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph depicting a mound or heap of earth, reflecting the natural landform shape. In seal script and oracle-bone script, it was drawn as a raised mass of soil.

Mnemonic: Picture a raised heap of earth—the shape recalls a mound rising from flat ground.

• 阼zuò🔊

  steps leading to the eastern door

  7 strokes

• 阽diàn🔊

  dangerous

  7 strokes

• 陁tuó🔊

  variant of 阤[tuo2]

  7 strokes

• 陂pí🔊

  used in 黃陂|黄陂[Huang2 pi2] (the name of a place in Hubei)

  7 strokes

• 际jì🔊

  border

  7 strokes

• 陇Lǒng🔊

  short name for Gansu 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4]

  7 strokes

• 陉xíng🔊

  border the stove

  7 strokes

• 降jiàng🔊

  to drop

  HSK 4

  8 strokes

• 郑zhèng🔊

  used in 鄭重|郑重[zheng4 zhong4]

  8 strokes

• 郎láng🔊

  (arch.) minister

  8 strokes

• 限xiàn🔊

  to limit

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 郅zhì🔊

  extremely

  8 strokes

• 陑Ér🔊

  place name

  8 strokes

• 邾zhū🔊

  name of a feudal state

  8 strokes

• 郁yù🔊

  variant of 鬱|郁[yu4]

  8 strokes

• 郄Qiè🔊

  surname Qie

  8 strokes

• 郇xún🔊

  name of a feudal state

  8 strokes

• 郊jiāo🔊

  suburbs

  8 strokes

• 郏jiá🔊

  used in 郟縣|郏县[Jia2 Xian4] (the name of a place in Henan)

  8 strokes

• 郐Kuài🔊

  surname Kuai

  8 strokes

• 郓yùn🔊

  used in 鄆城|郓城[Yun4 cheng2] (the name of a place in Shandong)

  8 strokes

• 阜fù🔊

  abundant

  8 strokes

• 陋lòu🔊

  low

  8 strokes

• 陌mò🔊

  raised path

  8 strokes

• 陎Shū🔊

  surname Shu

  8 strokes

• 陏Suí🔊

  old variant of 隨|随[Sui2]

  8 strokes

• 陔gāi🔊

  step

  8 strokes

• 陕Shǎn🔊

  short name for Shaanxi 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1]

  8 strokes

• 郡jùn🔊

  canton

  9 strokes

• 除chú🔊

  to get rid of

  HSK 6

  9 strokes

• 险xiǎn🔊

  danger

  HSK 6

  9 strokes

• 院yuàn🔊

  courtyard

  HSK 2

  9 strokes

• 陛bì🔊

  the steps to the throne

  9 strokes

• 陡dǒu🔊

  steep; precipitous

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 郗Chī🔊

  surname Chi

  9 strokes

• 郛fú🔊

  suburbs

  9 strokes

• 郜Gào🔊

  surname Gao

  9 strokes

• 郝Hǎo🔊

  ancient place name

  9 strokes

• 郢Yǐng🔊

  Ying, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵縣|江陵县

  9 strokes

• 郤xì🔊

  variant of 隙[xi4]

  9 strokes

• 郦Lì🔊

  surname Li

  9 strokes

• 郧yún🔊

  name of a feudal state

  9 strokes

• 陖jùn🔊

  old variant of 峻[jun4]

  9 strokes

• 陜xiá🔊

  variant of 狹|狭[xia2]

  9 strokes

• 陟zhì🔊

  to advance

  9 strokes

• 陧niè🔊

  dangerous

  9 strokes

• 陨yǔn🔊

  (bound form) to fall from the sky

  9 strokes

• 𬯀jī🔊

  to go up

  9 strokes