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阜 means 'hill'

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Strokes : 8    Radical number: 170    Frequency: 2075   JLPT: N1    Ring: 6    Set: 18    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 2 words   Used in 6 words   Used in 66 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   フ
Additional readings
On    フウ
Name    おか
Variants
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Notes
the variant ⻖ appears on the left
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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 (662: danger; steep), 障 (902: hindrance), and 陥 (1098: to cave in, collapse).
Components
⿱  𠂤 two mouths  十 ten  
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See also
⻏ (邑) group  阝 when appears on the right = group, when on the left = hill  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 阜 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 阜 is used 4 times, read 1 way.
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阜
フ    hill   
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two mouths
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   ten   と    とお    
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一
イチ   イツ   one   ひとつ    ひと-    
丨
stick   
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