Taxonomy of meanings for 阜:　　

  • 阜 fù (OC: buʔ MC: biu) 房久切 上 廣韻：【陵阜釋名曰土山曰阜阜厚也言髙厚也廣雅曰無石曰阜 】
    • ABUNDANT
      • viabundant ZHANG HENG, 東京賦：鳥獸阜滋"there was an abundance of birds and beasts".
      • vtoNcausativecause to be abundant FAYAN: 務在殷民阜財 "the purpose is in giving ample supplies to the people and making their supplies abundant".
    • FLOURISH
      • viprocessflourish
    • MOUND
      • nnon-rocky mountain smaller than líng 陵
    • MOUNTAIN
      • nmountain (large like Kunlun)CH
    • INCREASE
      • FAT
        • HIGH
          • EARNEST
            • INTENSE
              • RESPECT
                • PEOPLE
                  • PEACEFUL
                    • = 父
                  • 阜 fù (OC: buʔ MC: biu) 房久切 上 廣韻：【同阜 】

                    Additional information about 阜

                    說文解字:

                      Criteria
                    • MOUNTAIN

                      1. The general term for a mountain of any kind, large or small, is shān 山.

                      2. Yuè 岳／嶽 refers is a positive way to one of the great mountains of China, and the word typically functions as the head word in a noun phrase, as in 五岳. (Note that obviously in proper names and designations of titles (e.g. the title sì yuè 四岳 ) the two characters are not interchangeable.)

                      3. Fù 阜 refers to a large non-rocky mountain with an elevated plain on top.

                      4. Ā 阿 refers to a very large non-rocky mountan with an elevated plain on top.

                      5. Qiū 丘 refers to a small non-rocky earth mound.

                      6. Yuán 原 can refer to the highlands and is marginal in this group.

                      7. Lǐng 嶺, later sometimes written 領, is not a post-Han word, as many dictionaries might lead one to suppose, but the word is very rare in pre-Han times. The word refers to mountains as forming a series, often connoting a road along the ridge.