堆
piled high
Readings
On'yomi
- タイ
- ツイ
Kun'yomi
- うずたか.い
Meaning
堆 centers on accumulation into a mound or heap: things piled high, stacked up, or gathered into a raised mass.
Most common words using 堆
20 of 24- 堆積たいせきN1
accumulation; pile; heap
- 堆肥たいひ
compost; manure
- 堆たい
bank (elevation in the seabed)
- 中堆石ちゅうたいせき
medial moraine
- 側堆石そくたいせき
lateral moraine
- 側方堆積そくほうたいせき
lateral moraine
- 堆くうずたかく
piled up high; in a heap
- 堆朱ついしゅ
red lacquerware with patterns carved in relief
- 堆石たいせき
(terminal) moraine
- 堆積作用たいせきさよう
sedimentation
- 堆積学たいせきがく
sedimentology
- 堆積層たいせきそう
sedimentary layer
- 堆積岩たいせきがん
sedimentary rock
- 堆積物たいせきぶつ
sediment; deposit
- 堆積輪廻たいせきりんね
cycle of sedimentation
- 堆肥化たいひか
composting
- 堆錦ついきん
Ryūkyūan lacquerware technique (using a pigmented lacquer design pasted onto the lacquered surface)
- 完熟堆肥かんじゅくたいひ
fully matured compost
- 底堆石ていたいせき
ground moraine
- 氷堆石ひょうたいせき
moraine
Study
Etymology
堆 combines 土 (earth, soil) with 隹, which likely contributes the sound. The compound suggests earth piled up into a mound or heap.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is 土 (earth), and the right side 隹 looks like a bird. Imagine a bird piling up earth with its beak, creating a high mound.
Reading mnemonic
For タイ, picture a tie (necktie) draped over a high pile of earth: tie -> タイ, and the pile is piled high.