曲阜

Traditional form:

曲阜

Pinyin (reading):

Qūfù

Definitions:

• Qufu, county-level city in Jining 濟寧／济宁 ( Jǐníng), Shandong
• hometown of Confucius 孔子 ( Kǒngzǐ)

Characters:

• 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false
• 阜 - mound; abundant, ample, numerous

Traditional characters:

• 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false
• 阜 - mound; abundant, ample, numerous