垛 (duò) · a stack; a neatly piled heap

Meanings

1 a stack; a neatly piled heap
2 to stack up; to pile neatly

Characters

垛

duò

a stack; a neatly piled heap

Examples

HSK 7-9

收割后，农民把稻草垛成高高的草垛。

Shōugē hòu, nóngmín bǎ dàocǎo duò chéng gāogāo de cǎo duò.

After the harvest the farmers piled the straw into tall stacks.

HSK 7-9

院子里有一大垛柴火。

Yuànzi lǐ yǒu yí dà duò cháihuo.

There is a large stack of firewood in the yard.

Tips

usage

Read duò, 垛 is a neat pile or the act of stacking, as in 草垛 ('a haystack'). The other reading duǒ means a battlement (see the primary 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 duò

Related Words

堆 duī HSK 5 #1,242

to pile up; to heap / pile; heap; stack (also a measure word)

装标垛 zhuāngbiāoduǒ

to put on airs; to strike a pose

堆放 duīfàng #32,573

to pile up; to stack / to pile (something) somewhere

摞 luò #20,073

to pile up / to stack / a stack / a pile (measure word for stacked flat objects)

叠 dié HSK 7-9 #8,301

to fold / to pile up / to stack / measure word for stacks of flat things (paper, banknotes, photos)

堆砌 duīqì HSK 7-9 #38,955

to pile up; to stack / to pad (writing) with excessive words or rhetoric

垃圾堆 lājīduī #9,326

garbage heap; rubbish pile / dump; junkyard

挡 dàng #2,579

to arrange; to put in order; to set up neatly

桩 zhuāng HSK 7-9 #3,694

stake / pile / post / measure word for affairs, cases or deals

垒 lěi #2,812

base (in baseball) / rampart / fortress / to pile up