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The character "堆", meaning to heap or pile up, derives its core meaning from its structural composition, which combines the radical 土 (earth, soil) with the component 隹, historically representing a short-tailed bird. This combination originally depicted an earthen mound or hillock, a tangible accumulation of earth, with the phonetic element 隹 also contributing a sense of gathering or congregating, much like flocks of birds. From this foundational concept of a physical, often earthen, mound, its meaning broadened to encompass any gathered mass or cluster of objects, leading to its modern verbal sense of piling things up and nominal use for piles or stacks of miscellaneous items. Throughout its usage history, the character has maintained this conceptual link to accumulation while successfully extending from the purely terrestrial to more general and abstract applications.
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地上堆满了树叶。
他把玩具堆在一起。
她堆了一个雪人。
仓库里堆着很多货物。
问题堆成了山。
数据堆在服务器里。
这些文件堆得乱七八糟。
长期堆积的垃圾需要清理。