to amass / to accumulate / to store / measured quantity (such as area of volume) / product (the result of multiplication) / to integrate (math.) / to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.) / old / long-standing

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) and the cuttlefish (只) are preparing for bad times in front of the space station (Ø1). Together they are piling up (积) cereals (禾) so that they can always eat in times of need.

积 character breakdown

only / merely / just / but

= + : Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like something (a head?) on two legs. I'll just represent it by a cuttlefish (只). James II of England (zh) has been in the space station (Ø3) as the only (只) one for too long and went mad. He thinks he's holding a mandarin (口), but he's just about to bite into merely (只) an eight ball (八). On the top of his head is a cuttlefish (只) he mistook for a hat.
variant of 只[zhi3]
cereal / grain

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: a bowl of cereals.

Hamlet (h) made himself a bowl of cereals (禾) with bananas (丿) and Christmas trees (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He holds the bowl of cereals like he would hold Yorick's skull.
grain that has begun to ripen
variant of 只[zhi3]
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc

Characters with 积 as component

积 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 积

to accumulate work causes sickness (idiom); to fall ill from constant overwork
lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom) / fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions
deeply accumulated filth
(idiom) many little things add up to sth great; many little drops make an ocean
for a long time / over many years / old / advanced in age
year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years
age-old (malpractice) / long established (corrupt practices) / deeply rooted (superstition)
to accumulate merit and virtue
accumulated evil
Accumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom).
accumulated anger / pent-up fury
to accumulate tiny quantities (idiom)
long pending case
active response / energetic response
sediment / deposit
to pile up layer upon layer

Sentences with 积

积 currently does not appear in any sentence.