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.

• 都dōu🔊

  all; both; entirely

  HSK 1

  10 strokes

• 陪péi🔊

  to accompany

  HSK 5

  10 strokes

• 部bù🔊

  ministry

  HSK 3

  10 strokes

• 陷xiàn🔊

  pitfall

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 郭guō🔊

  outer city wall

  10 strokes

• 郴chēn🔊

  used in 郴州[Chen1 zhou1] (the name of a place in Hunan)

  10 strokes

• 陶táo🔊

  pottery

  10 strokes

• 陬zōu🔊

  corner

  10 strokes

• 郫pí🔊

  place name

  10 strokes

• 郯Tán🔊

  surname Tan

  10 strokes

• 郸dān🔊

  used in place names 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1] (historically, a county in Hebei, now a city) and 鄲城|郸城[Dan1 cheng2] (a county in Henan)

  10 strokes

• 陲chuí🔊

  frontier

  10 strokes

• 陴pí🔊

  parapet

  10 strokes

• 陵líng🔊

  mound

  10 strokes

• 陼zhǔ🔊

  islet

  10 strokes

• 随suí🔊

  to follow

  HSK 3

  11 strokes

• 隆lóng🔊

  grand

  11 strokes

• 乡xiāng🔊

  country or countryside

  HSK 5

  11 strokes

• 隅yú🔊

  corner

  11 strokes

• 隐yǐn🔊

  (bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-

  11 strokes

• 郾yǎn🔊

  used in 郾城[Yan3 cheng2] (the name of a place in Henan)

  11 strokes

• 鄂È🔊

  surname E

  11 strokes

• 鄄juàn🔊

  used in 鄄城[Juan4 cheng2] (the name of a place in Shandong)

  11 strokes

• 鄋Sōu🔊

  see 鄋瞞|鄋瞒[Sou1 man2]

  11 strokes

• 陾réng🔊

  sound of stonemason's shovel

  11 strokes

• 隃yú🔊

  exceed

  11 strokes

• 隈wēi🔊

  bay

  11 strokes

• 隋Suí🔊

  the Sui dynasty (581–617 AD)

  11 strokes

• 隍huáng🔊

  dry moat

  11 strokes

• 隗wěi🔊

  eminent

  11 strokes

• 隔gé🔊

  to separate

  HSK 4

  12 strokes

• 隙xì🔊

  crack

  12 strokes

• 隒yǎn🔊

  the appearance of a mountain, as if two pots were standing one upon the other

  12 strokes

• 隘ài🔊

  (bound form) narrow

  12 strokes

• 隞Áo🔊

  Ao, Shang Dynasty capital (northeast part of modern day Zhengzhou, Henan)

  12 strokes

• 𬯎tuí🔊

  variant of 頹|颓[tui2]

  12 strokes

• 鄙bǐ🔊

  rustic

  13 strokes

• 鄞yín🔊

  used in 鄞州[Yin2 zhou1] (the name of a place in Zhejiang)

  13 strokes

• 鄢yān🔊

  used in 鄢陵[Yan1 ling2] (the name of a place in Henan)

  13 strokes

• 鄣zhāng🔊

  place name

  13 strokes

• 障zhàng🔊

  to block

  13 strokes

• 隟xì🔊

  old variant of 隙[xi4]

  13 strokes

• 鄯shàn🔊

  used in 鄯善[Shan4 shan4] (the name of a place in Xinjiang)

  14 strokes

• 鄱pó🔊

  name of a lake

  14 strokes

• 隧suì🔊

  tunnel

  14 strokes

• 隩yù🔊

  bay

  14 strokes

• 鄹Zōu🔊

  name of a state

  16 strokes

• 隰xí🔊

  low

  16 strokes