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⻖• means 'hill' and is a variant of 阜

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Strokes : 3    Radical number: 170    Usefulness: 7    Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Component in 221 kanji (30 Jōyō)
Hyōgaiji (表外字)
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Kun    ふ
Notes
In Radical Note 163 on the 'right village' radical, we examined 阝 on the right side of a kanji. Here we look at it on the left, seeing how it almost always retains its etymological connection to 'hill.' That's true, for example, in 険 (steep), 障 (hinder), and 陥 (fall into).
See also
⻏ (邑) group  阝 when appears on the right = group, when on the left = hill  
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⻖
hill   
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