Chinese symbol for “brick”
砖
zhuān
Traditional: 磚
brick; tile (floor or wall, not roof); 块 (kuài)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for brick is 砖 (zhuān), defined as: brick; tile (floor or wall, not roof); 块 (kuài).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “brick”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 砖头 (磚頭) | zhuān tou | brick |
| 砖块 (磚塊) | zhuān kuài | brick |
| 砖石 (磚石) | zhuān shí | brick |
| 变砖 (變磚) | biàn zhuān | (of an electronic device) to brick; to become inoperable |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 砖.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瓷砖 (瓷磚) | cí zhuān | ceramic tile |
| 砖头 (磚頭) | zhuān tou | brick |
| 金砖 (金磚) | jīn zhuān | gold brick |
| 砖块 (磚塊) | zhuān kuài | brick |
| 地砖 (地磚) | dì zhuān | floor tile |
| 砖石 (磚石) | zhuān shí | brick |
See also: Japanese symbol for “brick”.
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.