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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.

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

堆 duī
crowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word for things in piles
radical 32 ⼟ · 11 strokes
栈 zhàn
warehouse; tavern, inn
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “stack”

WordPinyinMeaning
叠放 (疊放)dié fàngto stack; to lay one on top of another
堆放duī fàngto pile up; to stack
堆duīto pile up; to heap up
码 (碼)mǎ(archaic) agate; (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale
摞luòto pile up; to stack

Related words

Other words that share a character with 堆栈.

WordPinyinMeaning
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
垃圾堆lā jī duīgarbage heap
核反应堆 (核反應堆)hé fǎn yìng duīnuclear reactor
火堆huǒ duībonfire; to open fire
客栈 (客棧)kè zhàntavern; guest house
栈道 (棧道)zhàn dàoplank 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.

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