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Kanji Detail for 堆 - "to pile up, heaped"

堆

  • Meaning

    堆 means "to pile up, heaped." Also associated with mound.

    1. To pile up - To stack; to accumulate high.

    2. Heaped - Piled high; accumulated.

    3. Mound - A small hill; an elevated area.

  • Words using 堆

    • 堆肥 たいひ Listen compost; manure
    • 堆積 たいせき Listen accumulation; pile; heap

  • Tattoo check: 堆

    • Verified meaning: to pile up, heaped
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あくつ, たくろう)
    • Also carries these associations: mound

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 堆

    Surnames 堆(あくつ)Listen 堆(たくろう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    piled high

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    heap, pile, crowd; pile up

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    crowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word for things in piles or stacks

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Piled earth. | Things accumulated in one place are called 堆 (pile).

  • Onyomi

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    tai(タイ) タイ

    tsui(ツイ) ツイ

  • Kunyomi

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    uzutaka.i(うずたか-い) うずたか-い

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    to pile up heaped mound stack accumulate assemblage buildup cluster collection deposit hill hoard elevation gather heap

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