How to Write 邛 (qióng) — Meaning “Qiong (place name)”

Picture a hill (阝) with a worker (工) standing on it, pointing to a sign that says "Qionglai." This helps you connect the shape to the place name Qionglai in Sichuan, where Qiong bamboo grows.

Write the left radical 阝 first: a horizontal curve followed by a vertical hook, making sure the hook is short. Then write 工 with the top horizontal stroke slightly shorter than the bottom one, and keep the vertical stroke centered. A common mistake is making the left radical too wide.

邛 has 工 on the right, while 邓 has 又 (right hand) and means a surname, and 邗 has 干 (shield) as in Hanjiang river. Visually, remember that 邛's right part looks like a capital I with a line through the middle (工), unlike the different shapes of 又 and 干.

邛 appears mainly in place names like 邛崃 (Qionglai, a city in Sichuan) and 邛池 (Qiong Lake). It is also seen in 邛竹, a type of bamboo from that region historically used for walking sticks, giving the character a cultural link to Sichuan's landscape.

Common words containing 邛 include: 邛崃 (qióng lái) — Qionglai (a city in Sichuan); 邛池 (qióng chí) — Qiong Lake; 邛竹 (qióng zhú) — Qiong bamboo.