Ideographic: To cut 切 stone 石; 切 also provides the pronunciationRadical:

meaning for :

  • - 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