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Chinese symbol for “congregate”

扎堆
zhā duī
(of people) to flock together; to congregate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for congregate is 扎堆 (zhā duī), defined as: (of people) to flock together; to congregate.

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

扎 zhā
to bind, to wrap; to pierce; to stop
radical 64 ⼿ · 4 strokes
堆 duī
crowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word for things in piles
radical 32 ⼟ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “congregate”

WordPinyinMeaning
聚居jù jūto inhabit a region (esp. ethnic group); to congregate
群集qún jíto gather; to congregate
群聚qún jùto gather; to congregate
僔zǔnto congregate; to crowd

Related words

Other words that share a character with 扎堆.

WordPinyinMeaning
挣扎 (掙扎)zhēng zháto struggle
扎实 (扎實)zhā shistrong; solid
驻扎 (駐紮)zhù zhāto station; to garrison (troops)
扎根zhā gēnto take root
扎营 (紮營)zhā yíngto camp; to pitch camp
一堆yī duīpile; heap; a lot of; a bunch of
堆积 (堆積)duī jīto pile up; to heap
反应堆 (反應堆)fǎn yìng duīreactor

See also: Japanese symbol for “congregate”.

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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