Radical 170

Radical 170 or radical mound (阜部) meaning "mound" or "dam" is one of the 9 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 8 strokes. This radical character transforms into 阝 (counted as 3 strokes in Traditional Chinese, 2 strokes in Simplified Chinese) when used as a left component (Not to be confused with 阝 on the right derived from 邑).

阜
← 169 Radical 170 (U+2FA9) 171 →
阜 (U+961C) "mound, dam"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	fù
Bopomofo:	ㄈㄨˋ
Wade–Giles:	fu4
Cantonese Yale:	fau6
Jyutping:	fau6
Japanese Kana:	フ fu / フウ fū (on'yomi) おか oka (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	부 bu
Hán-Việt:	phụ
Names
Chinese name(s):	(⻖) 左耳旁 zuǒ'ěrpáng
Japanese name(s):	こざとへん kozatohen 岐阜の阜 Gifu no fu
Hangul:	언덕 eondeok
Stroke order animation

Stroke order of 阝

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 348 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

阜 is also the 175th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 阝 (left) listed as its associated indexing component.

Evolution

• 
  Oracle bone script character
• 
  Large seal script character
• 
  Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
+0	阜 阝
+2	阞 队SC (=隊)
+3	阠 阡 阢 阣 阤
+4	阥 (=陰) 阦 (=陽) 阧 阨 (=厄 -> 厂) 阩 阪 阫 阬 阭 阮 阯 (=址 -> 土) 阰 阱 防 阳SC (=陽) 阴SC (=陰) 阵SC (=陣) 阶SC (=階)
+5	阷 阸 阹 阺 阻 阼 阽 阾 (=嶺 -> 山 鄰 -> 邑) 阿 陀 陁 陂 陃 附 际SC (=際) 陆SC (=陸) 陇SC (=隴) 陈SC (=陳) 陉SC (=陘)
+6	陊 陋 陌 降 陎 陏 限 陑 陒 陓 陔 陕SC (=陝)
+7	陖 陗 (=峭 -> 山) 陘 陙 陛 陜 (=狹 -> 犬 / 峽 -> 山) 陝 陞 (=升 -> 十) 陟 陠 陡 院 陣 除 陥JP (=陷) 陦SC (=隯) 陧SC (=隉) 陨SC (=隕) 险SC (=險)
+8	陚 陪 陫 陬 陭 陮 陯 陰 陱 陲 陳 陴 陵 陶 陷 陸 陹 険JP (=險)
+9	陻 (=堙 -> 土) 陼 陽 陾 陿 (=狹 -> 犬) 隀 隁 隂 (=陰) 隃 隄 (=堤 -> 土) 隅 隆 隇 隈 隉 隊 隋 隌 隍 階 随SC/JP (=隨) 隐SC (=隱)
+10	隑 隒 隓 隔 隕 隖 (=塢 -> 土) 隗 隘 隙
+11	隚 際 障 隝 (=島 -> 山) 隞 隟 (=隙) 隠JP (=隱) 隡
+12	隢 隣 (=鄰 -> 邑) 隤 隥
+13	隦 隧 隨 隩 險 隫
+14	隬 隭 隮 隯 隰 隱 隲 (=騭 -> 馬)
+15	隳
+16	隴
+17	隵

Further information: wikt:Appendix:Chinese radical/阜

Kanji

This kanji is one of the 20 kanji added to the Kyoiku kanji or kanji taught in Japanese elementary schools that are found in the names of the following prefectures of Japan.^[1] It was added because it is the second character in Gifu (岐阜県).^[1]