砌
qìqiè HSK7

to build

砌 qì frequency
to lay bricks verb
To build something by laying bricks, stones, or tiles in layers using mortar or plaster; to stack or pile up.

教堂由红砖砌成。

jiào​táng yóu hóng​zhuān qì chéng.

The church is made of red bricks.

to piece together verb
To join together or patch pieces; to string together words or phrases.
steps
(literary) stone steps or a flight of stairs, as seen in the phrase 雕栏玉砌 diāo​lán​yù​qì.
砌 qiè
stage props
(bound form) used in the term 砌末 qiè​mò, referring to stage props or furniture in traditional Chinese opera.
comic business
(of traditional opera) to perform humorous improvised movements or jokes
to ridicule
to mock, poke fun at, or satirize someone
to perform
to play a role on stage or perform a sequence in a theatrical play

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Frequency
Character
Written text
3,221st most common 7.45 per million
Movie subtitles
3,754th most common 0.960 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.01 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
4.83 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+780C

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