piled high
On'yomi (音読み)
- タイ
- ツイ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- うずたか.い
About this kanji
The kanji "堆" means "piled high" and is often used in contexts involving accumulation or stacking. It's primarily used as a noun, but can also be a verb in certain forms. Common compounds include "堆積" (たいせき), meaning "accumulation," which refers to the process of things piling up, and "堆肥" (たいひ), which means "compost," a rich material made of decomposed organic matter. Another example is "堆石" (たいせき), referring to a terminal moraine, a mound formed by glacial debris. A useful note is that the kun'yomi reading "うずたか.い" emphasizes the visual aspect of things being stacked high.
Example sentences
この堆にはたくさんの葉が積まれている。
There are many leaves piled up in this heap.
Meanings across languages
- English
- piled high
- Tiếng Việt
- chất cao
- 日本語
- 堆
- 한국어
- 더미
- 中文
- 堆
- id
- dijadikan tumpukan tinggi
- th
- ซ้อนสูง
- es
- apilado alto
- fr
- empilé haut
- de
- hoch gestapelt
- pt
- empilhado alto
Common compounds
- 堆積たいせきaccumulation, pile, heap
- 堆肥たいひcompost, manure
- 堆石たいせき(terminal) moraine
- 堆朱ついしゅred lacquerware with patterns carved in relief
- 堆くうずたかくpiled up high, in a heap
- 浅堆せんたいbank (sea, ocean), shoal
- 砂堆さたいsandbank, shoal
- 堆錦ついきんRyūkyūan lacquerware technique (using a pigmented lacquer design pasted onto the lacquered surface)
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