垛

垜
duǒ
#4,000 most
frequent character
variant of 垛[duo3]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

垛 joins 土 earth with 朵 duǒ, which supplies the sound. Read duǒ, it first meant side rooms of a hall, later 'battlements'. Read duò, it was borrowed for its sound to mean a stack or pile, first in old texts then generally.

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