Chinese symbol for “brickwork”
砌体
qì tǐ
Traditional: 砌體
brickwork
The closest CC-CEDICT match for brickwork is 砌体 (qì tǐ), defined as: brickwork.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 砌体.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 堆砌 | duī qì | lit. to pile up (bricks); to pack |
| 砌砖 (砌磚) | qì zhuān | to lay bricks; bricklaying |
| 砌块 (砌塊) | qì kuài | building block |
| 铺砌 (鋪砌) | pū qì | to pave |
| 垒砌 (壘砌) | lěi qì | to build a structure out of layered bricks or stones |
| 媒体 (媒體) | méi tǐ | media, esp. news media |
| 身体 (身體) | shēn tǐ | the body; one's health |
| 体育 (體育) | tǐ yù | sports; physical education |
See also: Japanese symbol for “brickwork”.
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.