Chinese symbol for “shelf”
架子
jià zi
shelf; frame; stand; framework
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shelf is 架子 (jià zi), defined as: shelf; frame; stand; framework; airs; arrogance.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “shelf”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 搁板 (擱板) | gē bǎn | shelf |
| 阁 (閣) | gé | pavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics) |
| 庋 | guǐ | (literary) shelf; (literary) to store; to keep; to preserve |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 架子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绑架 (綁架) | bǎng jià | to kidnap; to abduct |
| 框架 | kuàng jià | (construction) frame; (fig.) framework |
| 架构 (架構) | jià gòu | to construct; to build; structure; framework; architecture |
| 吵架 | chǎo jià | to quarrel; to have a row |
| 打架 | dǎ jià | to fight; to scuffle |
| 十字架 | shí zì jià | cross; crucifix |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shelf”.
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.