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Kanji for Hill
The kanji for “hill” is 丘, read kyuu and written in 5 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
丘
hill
A gentle hill.
5 strokes On reading キュウ (kyuu) Kun reading おか (oka) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: hill, knoll
Readings used for names on Nazuke: oka, kyuu
In Japan it appears in about 77 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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