队

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squadron; team; group; CL:個|个[ge4]

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A group of people 人 gathered in one place 阝

Components 阝人

team · Heisig RSH #1067

pinnacle + 人 person

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
国家队	guó jiā duì	national team
拉拉队	lā lā duì	variant of 啦啦隊\|啦啦队[la1 la1 dui4]
地主队	dì zhǔ duì	home team (sports)
地面部队	dì miàn bù duì	ground troops
路队长	lù duì zhǎng	schoolchild leader responsible for leading and maintaining order in a procession of school…
工作队	gōng zuò duì	a working group; a task force
和平队	Hé píng duì	(U.S.) Peace Corps
生产队	shēng chǎn duì	production team
保安部队	bǎo ān bù duì	security forces
大队	dà duì	group; a large body of; production brigade; military group
国队	guó duì	national team
马队	mǎ duì	cavalry; caravan of horses carrying goods
中国人民武装警察部队	Zhōng guó Rén mín Wǔ zhuāng Jǐng chá Bù duì	Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP, aka CAPF)
国际米兰队	Guó jì Mǐ lán Duì	FC Internazionale Milano (football club); abbr. for 國際米蘭足球俱樂部\|国际米兰足球俱乐部[Guo2 ji4 Mi3 lan2 …
分队	fēn duì	military platoon or squad
长队	cháng duì	line (i.e. of people waiting); queue
队长	duì zhǎng	captain; team leader; CL:個\|个[ge4]
军乐队	jūn yuè duì	military band
主队	zhǔ duì	host team (at sports event); host side
航空自卫队	háng kōng zì wèi duì	air self-defense force

These characters use 队 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
队 sound part	duì	team, group, band, army unit; measure word for groups of people
坠	zhuì	to drop, to fall down, to sink; heavy; weight