阝 (fù) is Kangxi radical no. 170, “mound”. In this form it is written with 2 strokes.
阝 (fù) on the left comes from 阜 (fù) 'mound': hills, slopes, steps, walls and courtyards (院 yuàn).
The characters range from 4 to 14 strokes. 2 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 1 has a full word page of its own.
Good ones to start with: 阴 (yīn) cloudy / overcast, 院 (yuàn) courtyard, 阳 (yáng) the male principle, 阿 (ā) an initial particle.
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