Chinese symbol for “stool”
凳子
dèng zi
stool; small seat
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stool is 凳子 (dèng zi), defined as: stool; small seat.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “stool”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屎 | shǐ | feces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc) |
| 凳 | dèng | bench; stool |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 凳子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 板凳 | bǎn dèng | wooden bench or stool; 张 (zhāng),条 (tiáo) |
| 长凳 (長凳) | cháng dèng | pew; bench |
| 老虎凳 | lǎo hǔ dèng | tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while b |
| 坐冷板凳 | zuò lěng bǎn dèng | to hold an inconsequential job; to receive a cold reception |
| 脚凳 (腳凳) | jiǎo dèng | footstool |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stool”.
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.