砌 qì to pile up
to pile up; to build
怎么记住“砌”: 石 stone + 切 close = to pile up. Grandpa sets each stone close against the next, checking every gap before he starts to pile up the garden wall.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
砌 = 石 stone + 切 close
- 石 stone meaning
- 切 close sound
- 七 seven
- 刀 knife
Grandpa sets each stone close against the next, checking every gap before he starts to pile up the garden wall.
How it came to be
Stone gives the meaning and the right part the sound.
用法
- To lay (bricks/stones) with mortar: 砌墙 (qì qiáng) to build a wall, 砌砖 (qì zhuān) to lay bricks.
- 堆砌 (duīqì) literally means to pile up, but figuratively to pile on empty ornament: 堆砌辞藻 (duīqì cízǎo) to stuff writing with flowery but hollow phrases.