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Chinese surname

Surname Hew

丘 · 邱

Hew is a Chinese surname spelling from the Hakka reading of 丘 or 邱, meaning 'mound' or 'hill'.

Characters for the surname Hew

The spelling Hew is common in Hakka romanization.

  • 丘

    mound; hill; surname

    Hakka hiû / Cantonese jau1 / Mandarin qiū

    attested

  • 邱

    variant of 丘 (mound, hill); surname

    Hakka hiû / Cantonese jau1 / Mandarin qiū

丘 all spellings of qiū邱 all spellings of qiū

Possible characters for Hew

Hew 丘 qiū · Hakka 邱 qiū · Hakka
The spelling Hew can stand for 2 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
丘qiū · Hakka
邱qiū · Hakka

Other spellings of the same character

  • Hiew 邱 丘Hakka
  • Koo 邱Hakka, Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew

About the surname Hew

Hew is a surname spelling from the Hakka reading hiû of 丘 or 邱. 丘 means 'mound' or 'hill', and 邱 is a variant of 丘 now used mainly as a surname. The same characters are spelled Khoo in Hokkien (khu) and Yau in Cantonese (jau1). The character a family uses decides how the name is written and what it means.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 丘 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 邱 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. MDBG: 丘 · mdbg.net · meaning
  4. MDBG: 邱 · mdbg.net · meaning

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