The Chinese Radical: 阜


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mound, dam    阜

Explanation The upper part is understood to be a butt with both cheeks. Below that: ten 十. Here perhaps better as the ground 一 with several piles 吕 forming a dam.

Used in these characters:
埠
JLPT no HSK
wharf, port, pier
bù
土 阜
Left: earth 土, right: mound, abundant 阜 (Of such buttocks you need ten 十 to pile up a mound)
Earth as a mound at the: wharf.  
阜
JLPT no HSK
mound, abundant
fù
阝 阜
Top: pair of buttocks , bottom: ten 十
Of such buttocks you need ten to pile up a mound.  

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