墼 (jī) - Unfired brick & sun-dried brick

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墼 · jī

Unfired brick;

sun-dried brick;

earthenware tile;

to mold or form clay.

Unfired bricksun-dried brickearthenware tile

Usage highlights

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Synonyms

  • 砖— brick (typically fired)
  • 坯— unbaked brick or pottery
  • 土坯— sun-dried mud brick

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • They built the wall with sun-dried bricks (土墼).
  • The ancient kiln produced various earthenware tiles (瓦墼).
  • Workers molded clay into bricks (墼坯).
  • The structure used unfired brick construction (墼筑).

Collocations

  • sun-dried brick(土墼)
  • earthenware tile(瓦墼)
  • brick mold(墼模)
  • unfired brick(墼坯)
  • brick construction(墼筑)
  • brick making(制墼)

Idioms

  • To make bricks without straw(无草制墼)
  • As solid as a baked brick(坚如烧墼)
  • Building walls with crude bricks(土墼筑墙)

Cultural background

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  • Represents ancient and traditional building materials before widespread fired brick technology.
  • Associated with vernacular architecture and early construction methods in Chinese history.
  • Reflects practical, earth-based building techniques common in rural and historical contexts.

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