堆

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

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

土 meaning “earth” + 隹 sound ( zhuī )

Components 土隹

pile · Heisig RSH #1765

土 soil + turkey

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
动力反应堆	dòng lì fǎn yìng duī	power reactor
重水反应堆	zhòng shuǐ fǎn yìng duī	heavy water reactor (HWR)
原子反应堆	yuán zǐ fǎn yìng duī	atomic reactor
生产反应堆	shēng chǎn fǎn yìng duī	production reactor
气冷式反应堆	qì lěng shì fǎn yìng duī	gas-cooled reactor
热核反应堆	rè hé fǎn yìng duī	thermal reactor
堆高机	duī gāo jī	forklift
面心立方最密堆积	miàn xīn lì fāng zuì mì duī jī	face-centered cubic (FCC) (math.)
轻水反应堆	qīng shuǐ fǎn yìng duī	light water reactor (LWR)
堆高车	duī gāo chē	high-lift pallet truck; pallet stacker
堆龙德庆区	Duī lóng dé qìng Qū	Doilungdêqên, a district of Lhasa City 拉薩市\|拉萨市[La1 sa4 Shi4], Tibet
三星堆	Sān xīng duī	archaeological site of Sanxingdui outside Chengdu (Sichuan), exhibiting remarkable bronze …
核反应堆	hé fǎn yìng duī	nuclear reactor
原子堆	yuán zǐ duī	atomic pile (original form of nuclear reactor)
堆积如山	duī jī rú shān	to pile up like a mountain (idiom); a mountain of (paperwork etc); a large number of sth
马王堆	Mǎ Wáng duī	Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site
堆金积玉	duī jīn jī yù	lit. pile up gold and jade; very rich
反应堆	fǎn yìng duī	reactor
堆龙德庆	Duī lóng dé qìng	see 堆龍德慶區\|堆龙德庆区[Dui1 long2 de2 qing4 Qu1]
一堆	yī duī	pile; heap; a lot of; a bunch of

Characters sharing the sound component 隹 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
隹 sound part	zhuī	short-tailed bird; sparrow
维	wéi	to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
推	tuī	to push; to expel; to drive; to decline
准	zhǔn	standard, accurate; to permit, to approve, to allow
锥	zhuī	gimlet, drill, awl; to drill, to bore
淮	huái	a river in Anhui province
椎	zhuī	spine, vertebra; hammer, mallet
稚	zhì	young, immature; childhood
谁	shéi	who? whom? whose? anyone?
濯	zhuó	to cleanse, to rinse, to wash out
睢	suī	to gaze at, to stare at; uninhibited
帷	wéi	curtain, screen, tent
擢	zhuó	to pull up, to raise; to select
槜	zuì	white plum
骓	zhuī	piebald horse
碓	duì	pestle
萑	huán	grass, hay, straw