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堆 = 土 + 隹
堆 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “piled high”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 隹 (short-tailed bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 596.
- Keyword
- piled high
- RTK frame
- 596
- Strokes
- 11
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- タイ, ツイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- うずたか.い
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- высокий
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 堆 heap
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
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.