• hill;

Usage in Korean

When the 阝 radical is placed on the left side, it is called the left 阜 radical (⻖, 좌부변, 左阜 边) and originates from the ancient form of 阜 (hill, mound).

When placed on the right side, it is called the right 邑 radical (⻏, 우부방, 右阜 傍) and originates from the ancient form of 邑 (town, village).

The left 阝 (⻖) is mainly used in characters related to geography, such as hills, mounds, or ridges.

The right 阝 (⻏) is mainly used in characters related to place names or settlements (towns, villages).

Notably, the character 阜 itself is not used as a radical by itself in any Chinese character; only its left or right abbreviated forms appear as radicals.

Alternative forms

  • the left radical form of 阜;

Derived characters

There is also a variant form (informal character) 峊.

Characters with

  • adhere to, append;
  • to follow;
  • stone steps, stair, rank;
  • to descend, to surrender;
  • shade, shadow, yin principle;
  • sun, sunlight, yang principle;
  • limit, boundary, restriction;
언덕
eondeok
bu
Kangxi radical:170
Strokes:8
Unicode:U+961C
Cangjie input:
  • 竹口十 (HRJ)
Composition:
  • ⿱ 𠂤 十
Writing order
阜 Writing order

Neighboring radicals in the dictionary

References