hill, knoll
丘 centers on a small, rounded rise in the land: a hill or knoll, a gentle elevation smaller than a mountain.
丘 is a pictograph of two hills or mounds side by side, with the modern form retaining the rounded hill-like shape.
The top stroke is the rounded peak, and the lower 斤-like shape suggests the sloping sides of a small hill.
For キュウ, imagine a cute, rounded hill that looks like the letter Q: Q -> キュウ, a perfect little knoll.
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
hill; hillock
sand dune; sand hill
terrace; bench (in geography)
tumulus; grave mound
bhikkhu (fully ordained Buddhist monk)
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun)
Wuthering Heights (novel by Emily Bronte)
hilltop
pimple; papule
gadwall (Anas strepera)
hill country; hilly area
low hills
yao bhikkhuni; mythical nun who acquired perpetual youth by consuming mermaid flesh
knoll; hummock
breasts; buttocks; two hills
Mukōgaokayūen Monorail Line
tomb embedded in a Yayoi period barrow
Multituberculata (extinct order of rodent-like mammals)
hillock; small hill; knoll; hummock