砌
Ideographic: To cut 切 stone 石; 切 also provides the pronunciationRadical: 石
meaning for 砌 qì:
- - to build by laying bricks or stoneslit. to pile up (bricks)
- - to pack
- - fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases)
- - ornate rhetoricto paveto build a structure out of layered bricks or stonesbuilding blockto lay bricks
- - bricklaying