垒
lěi HSK7

rampart

垒 (壘) lěi
build verb
to construct or stack up using stones, bricks, or similar materials

他在院子里用砖头垒了一个灶台。

tā zài yuàn​zi lǐ yòng zhuān​tou lěi le yī gè zào​tái.

He built a stove in the yard using bricks.

base noun
a station or base in baseball or softball

他成功地跑回了本垒。

tā chéng​gōng de pǎo​huí le běn lěi.

He successfully ran back to home plate.

rampart verb
a defensive wall or fortification

两军对峙，深沟高垒。

liǎng jūn duì​zhì, shēn​gōu gāo lěi.

The two armies are in a standoff with deep trenches and high fortifications.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,417th most common 21.4 per million
Movie subtitles
1,880th most common 23.9 per million appears in 6% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
24.4 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
3.72 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
壘
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+5792

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)