堆 = 土 + 隹

堆 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “heap”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 隹 (short-tailed bird).

Keyword: heap
Pinyin (Mandarin): duī
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: heap, pile, crowd, куча, толпа, pile, crowd
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 堆 piled high

Decomposition

ids

土 soil
隹 short-tailed bird

How to find 堆 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “short-tailed bird”. 堆 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 堆 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.