垛 (duǒ): a battlement

Meanings

士兵躲在城墙的垛口后面。

Shìbīng duǒ zài chéngqiáng de duǒ kǒu hòumiàn.

Soldiers hid behind the battlements of the city wall.

那里有一道当箭靶的土垛。

Nàlǐ yǒu yí dào dàng jiàn bǎ de tǔ duǒ.

There is a small earthen wall used as an archery target.

usage

Read duǒ, 垛 is the toothed parapet of a city wall, seen in 垛口 ("a crenel"). A separate reading duò means a stack or pile (see the other entry).

radical

土 tǔ

earth; soil

土 is the earth radical, fitting 垛 as a structure built of packed earth or brick.

phonetic

朵 duǒ

(measure word for flowers); cluster

朵 gives the exact sound duǒ and carries no meaning in 垛; it is purely the phonetic.

垛 duǒ