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.

• 队duì🔊

  squadron

  HSK 2

  4 strokes

• 邓Dèng🔊

  surname Deng

  4 strokes

• 阞lè🔊

  layer

  4 strokes

• 邗hán🔊

  name of an ancient river

  5 strokes

• 邘yú🔊

  place name

  5 strokes

• 邙Máng🔊

  Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs

  5 strokes

• 邛qióng🔊

  mound

  5 strokes

• 邝Kuàng🔊

  surname Kuang

  5 strokes

• 阡qiān🔊

  road leading north and south

  5 strokes

• 阢wù🔊

  used in 阢隉|阢陧[wu4 nie4]

  5 strokes

• 阤tuó🔊

  bank

  5 strokes

• 那nà🔊

  HSK 1

  6 strokes

• 邦bāng🔊

  (bound form) country; nation; state

  6 strokes

• 邪xié🔊

  old variant of 邪[xie2]

  HSK 7

  6 strokes

• 防fáng🔊

  to protect

  HSK 3

  6 strokes

• 阶jiē🔊

  rank or step

  6 strokes

• 阴yīn🔊

  variant of 陰|阴[yin1]

  HSK 2

  6 strokes

• 阵zhèn🔊

  disposition of troops

  HSK 4

  6 strokes

• 阰pí🔊

  mountain in ancient Chu

  6 strokes

• 邠bīn🔊

  variant of 彬[bin1]

  6 strokes

• 邡fāng🔊

  used in 什邡[Shi2 fang1] (the name of a place in Sichuan)

  6 strokes

• 邢Xíng🔊

  surname Xing

  6 strokes

• 邨Cūn🔊

  surname Cun

  6 strokes

• 邬Wū🔊

  surname Wu

  6 strokes

• 阨è🔊

  defile

  6 strokes

• 坂bǎn🔊

  variant of 阪[ban3]

  6 strokes

• 阮ruǎn🔊

  ruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute

  6 strokes

• 阱jǐng🔊

  variant of 阱[jing3]

  6 strokes

• 阳yáng🔊

  positive (electric.)

  6 strokes