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Chinese symbol for “amass”

积
jī
Traditional: 積
to amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math.) product (the result of multiplication); (TCM) constipation; indigestion

The closest CC-CEDICT match for amass is 积 (jī), defined as: to amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math.) product (the result of multiplication); (TCM) constipation; indigestion.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

积 jī
to store up, to amass, to accumulate
radical 115 ⽲ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “amass”

WordPinyinMeaning
积聚 (積聚)jī jùto coalesce; to gather together

Related words

Other words that share a character with 积.

WordPinyinMeaning
面积 (面積)miàn jīarea (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area
积极 (積極)jī jíactive; energetic
积累 (積累)jī lěito accumulate; accumulation
积分 (積分)jī fēnintegral (calculus); accumulated points (in sports, at school etc)
累积 (累積)lěi jīto accumulate
体积 (體積)tǐ jīvolume (amount of space an object occupies)

See also: Japanese symbol for “amass”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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