堆

duī

土 + 隹

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Definitions

duī (verb) to pile up; to heap up

duī (noun) pile; heap; stack

duī (noun) large amount

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 隹 represents the sound.

Semantic: 土 Phonetic: 隹

About

The character 堆 is a phonosemantic compound that combines the earth radical 土 with the phonetic component 隹. 土 anchors the meaning to soil or ground, while 隹, originally a pictograph of a short-tailed bird, functions here purely for its sound. The core sense is a mound or heap of earth, later extended to any accumulation of granular material, and then to a verb and measure word for piling objects into a three-dimensional mass.

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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

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地上堆满了树叶。

Di shang dui man le shu ye.

The ground is piled with leaves.

他把玩具堆在一起。

Ta ba wan ju dui zai yi qi.

He piled the toys together.

她堆了一个雪人。

Ta dui le yi ge xue ren.

She built a snowman.

仓库里堆着很多货物。

Cang ku li dui zhe hen duo huo wu.

There are many goods piled in the warehouse.

问题堆成了山。

Wen ti dui cheng le shan.

The problems piled up into a mountain.

数据堆在服务器里。

Shu ju dui zai fu wu qi li.

The data is piled up in the server.

这些文件堆得乱七八糟。

Zhe xie wen jian dui de luan qi ba zao.

These files are piled up messily.

长期堆积的垃圾需要清理。

Chang qi dui ji de la ji xu yao qing li.

The long-accumulated garbage needs to be cleaned.

Related Characters

Component: 土

Component: 隹

堆