堆
duī HSK5

heap, pile

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

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
隹
隹 Sound component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttwojC.tˤuj heap; mound

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica