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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

  1. 土 soil
  2. 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.