阜

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: おか

画数かくすう: 8

部首ぶしゅ: Self

Meaning

Hill / Mound / Abundant

  • 岐阜県ぎふけん —  Gifu prefecture
  • 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.

◀︎ Sayings+ ▶︎