duī

heap, pile

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
土 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earth

隹 sound component

  Sound component

zhuī

  

bird

Evolution

堆 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
堆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

duī

heap, pile, crowd; pile up; to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount

Most common words with 堆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to pile up

一堆

pile

堆积

to pile up

垃圾堆

garbage heap

堆放

to pile up