阜

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: おか

画数かくすう: 8 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: Self

Meaning

Hill / Mound / Abundant

Origin of:
阝(こざとへん). ➡️

  • 段阜だんぷ — terraced mound (rare/technical)
  • 丘阜きゅうふ — hilly terrain (rare)
  • おか — hill (classical usage)

This pictographic kanji represents the contours of a stepped hillside or elevated terrain. It’s associated with slightly raised land. As a radical (阝 on the left), it indicates hills or mounds in many characters.

この地域ちいきうえにあります。
This area is located on a hill.

かたちだんになった土地とちあらわします。
The shape of 阜 represents terraced land.

丘
Creates
岐阜ぎふ — Gifu (Prefecture)
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