TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
丘
ㄑㄧㄡ · qiū
noun — a mound, hillock; small hill (山丘, 丘陵)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
丘形a mound of raised earth — two peaks with a dip between
A picture of raised ground: 說文 calls it 土之高也, earth standing high. The old graph shows two peaks with a dip between, the dent of a low hill against flat land: 山丘、丘陵.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
平地上鼓起一塊（丘），兩頭高、中間低——一座小土丘。
The flat ground swells (丘) — high at both ends, dipped between — one low mound of earth.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)土丘、山丘— a mound, hillock常用
→丘陵— hill country
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension