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Chinese symbol for “pile”

一堆
yī duī
pile; heap; a lot of; a bunch of

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pile is 一堆 (yī duī), defined as: pile; heap; a lot of; a bunch of.

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

一 yī
one; a, an; alone
radical 1 ⼀ · 1 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 “pile”

WordPinyinMeaning
垛duòpile
桩 (樁)zhuāngstump; stake; pile; classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc
堆duīto pile up; to heap up
摞luòto pile up; to stack
簇cù(bound form) to cluster; to pile up; cluster; pile

Related words

Other words that share a character with 一堆.

WordPinyinMeaning
一个 (一個)yī gea; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
一些yī xiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一样 (一樣)yī yàngsame; like
一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
一起yī qǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一直yī zhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
堆积 (堆積)duī jīto pile up; to heap
反应堆 (反應堆)fǎn yìng duīreactor

See also: Japanese symbol for “pile”.

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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