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.

• 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

• 阵zhèn🔊

  disposition of troops

  HSK 4

  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

• 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

• 阴yīn🔊

  variant of 陰|阴[yin1]

  HSK 2

  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