to build

To cut  stone  also provides the pronunciation

Components
石 meaning component

  Meaning component

shídàn

  

stone

切 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

qièqiē

  

cut

Evolution

砌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
砌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

to build, pile up; stone steps, brick walk; to build by laying bricks or stones

Most common words with 砌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to build by laying bricks or stones

堆砌

to pack

砌块

building block

砌砖

to lay bricks

铺砌

to pave