丘 means “hill”

おか · oka

Also: knoll

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

おか

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キュウ

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The story

Its oldest forms drew a low hill with two humps, and 丘 is still a gentle rise, not a mountain. 丘 is a hill, 丘陵 is rolling hill country, and 砂丘 is a sand dune, most famously the great dunes of Tottori.

Used in 丘 (oka, hill), 砂丘 (sakyuu, sand dune), and 丘陵 (kyuuryou, hills/hill country)

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