Pictographic: Two hillsRadical:

meaning for qiū:

  • - mound
  • - hillock
  • - grave
  • - classifier for fields
  • - variant of 丘
  • - hillockhillssand dune
  • - sandy hillhillmound
  • - hillock
  • - barrowsoldier (from the two components of the 兵 character) (derog.)