体積

たいせき · taiseki · JLPT N2 · noun

volume

🧊 体 (body, bulk) + 積 (pile up): the total space a solid body takes up

積 means to pile up or accumulate, as in 面積 (area, flat space piled up). 体 is body, so 体積 is how much 3D space a body fills.

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