TSUMUGU · B1 · 字
堆
堆 ＝ 土 ＋ 隹
ㄉㄨㄟ · duī
verb — to pile up, heap; noun — a pile, a heap
字源 FORM — what the parts do
隹聲zhuī — gives the sound; here only for the sound
IF≠zhuī → duī — the zh shifts to d, the rime narrows
Earth (土) heaped up, with 隹 zhuī for the sound — worn far from its donor to duī, the way 隹 also sounds 推 tuī and 椎 chuí. A mound of earth, then anything stacked: 土堆、堆積、一堆. It rides the 隹 series: 推、椎、錐.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一鏟一鏟的土（土），越堆越高，成了一座土丘。
Spadeful after spadeful of earth (土), piled higher and higher into a mound.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)土堆、堆— a pile, a heap常用
→堆積、堆放— to pile up, stack, store常用
⇒一堆、成堆— a heap of; in heaps
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
推＝ 扌 ＋ tuīthe lookalike and series-mate — 推 sets beside the hand (扌) for to push; 堆 sets it beside earth () for the pile隹zhuīthe sound donor — a short-tailed bird