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堆 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「土」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
タイ・ツイたい・つい · tai · tsui
Kun
うずたか.いuzutaka.i
Meaning
piled up; heaped

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Earth plus a phonetic element: soil heaped up high.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onタイたいtai堆積たいせき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 堆積たいせき

    accumulation; deposition

  • 堆肥たいひ

    compost

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

長(なが)い年月(としつき)で川底(かわぞこ)に土砂(どしゃ)が堆積(たいせき)した。

Over long years, sediment built up on the riverbed.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

堆積堆肥堆積to pil…肥fat塞block…塡fill…土earth圧pressu…圦sluice…汰wash…椎chinqu…諦give…戴receiv…大big
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 土Map of reading タイAll maps

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