Chinese symbol for “stack”
堆栈
duī zhàn
Traditional: 堆棧
stack (computing); storehouse; warehouse
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stack is 堆栈 (duī zhàn), defined as: stack (computing); storehouse; warehouse.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “stack”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叠放 (疊放) | dié fàng | to stack; to lay one on top of another |
| 堆放 | duī fàng | to pile up; to stack |
| 堆 | duī | to pile up; to heap up |
| 码 (碼) | mǎ | (archaic) agate; (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale |
| 摞 | luò | to pile up; to stack |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 堆栈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一堆 | yī duī | pile; heap; a lot of; a bunch of |
| 堆积 (堆積) | duī jī | to pile up; to heap |
| 反应堆 (反應堆) | fǎn yìng duī | reactor |
| 垃圾堆 | lā jī duī | garbage heap |
| 核反应堆 (核反應堆) | hé fǎn yìng duī | nuclear reactor |
| 火堆 | huǒ duī | bonfire; to open fire |
| 客栈 (客棧) | kè zhàn | tavern; guest house |
| 栈道 (棧道) | zhàn dào | plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff; (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stack”.
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.