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垛

duǒ / duò
noun #43,067

Meanings

  1. 1 a battlement
  2. 2 a buttress; projecting part of a wall
  3. 3 an archery target mound

Examples

HSK 7-9
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.
HSK 7-9
那里有一道当箭靶的土垛。
Nàlǐ yǒu yí dào dàng jiànbǎ de tǔ duǒ.
There is a small earthen wall used as an archery target.

Tips

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).

Components

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.

Stroke Order

垛 duǒ