Radical mound 阝阜: on the left or right?

Radical mound 阝阜: on the left or right?

The radical mound 阝is originally from the character 阜 fù. Characters with the radical mound 阝have to do with “terrain, rise, lower, etc” or its extended meaning. 



The radical mound 阝is on the on the left side of a character. It is also called 左耳旁 in Chinese. Actually it has nothing to do with 耳 ear. It is called this way just to simplify the teaching and learning. 阝look like an ear, so it’s called 耳旁。Because the radical mound 阝is on the on the left side of a character, it is called 左耳旁.

Characters with the radical mound 阝

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