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The character "砌" is composed of the semantic component "石" meaning stone, and the phonetic component "切" which suggests its pronunciation and contributes the notion of cutting or fitting precisely. Its core meaning has consistently been the action of building or laying things, specifically stone or brick, with mortar. From this concrete constructional sense, its usage expanded metaphorically to describe the act of piecing together or assembling non-physical elements, such as in the literary term "砌词" which refers to the crafted piecing together of words, or in describing the structured accumulation of elements in a narrative or scene.
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工人用砖砌墙。
他正在砌砖。
砌墙需要耐心。
他们砌了一个花坛。
这座房子是用石头砌的。
砌筑时要注意安全。
古代城墙是用巨石砌成的。
砌体结构的耐久性很好。