123456789Keywordto buildto pile upstone stepsrock wallFrequency#3345Strokes9ReadingsqìMnemonicTo cut 切 stone 石; 切 also provides the pronunciationStroke orderComposed of石rock切to cutUsed in vocabulary砌qìto build by laying bricks or stones堆砌duīqìlit. to pile up (bricks); to pack; fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases); ornate rhetoric砌砖qìzhuānto lay bricks; bricklaying砌块qìkuàibuilding block铺砌pūqìto pave砌体qìtǐbrickwork垒砌lěiqìto build a structure out of layered bricks or stones