Chinese symbol for “tile”
瓦片
wǎ piàn
tile; 块 (kuài)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tile is 瓦片 (wǎ piàn), defined as: tile; 块 (kuài).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tile”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 砖 (磚) | zhuān | brick; tile (floor or wall, not roof) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瓦片.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瓦解 | wǎ jiě | to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble; to disrupt; to break up |
| 瓦斯 | wǎ sī | gas (loanword) |
| 千瓦 | qiān wǎ | kilowatt |
| 瓦特 | wǎ tè | (loanword) watt |
| 瓦砾 (瓦礫) | wǎ lì | rubble; debris |
| 兆瓦 | zhào wǎ | megawatt |
| 照片 | zhào piàn | photograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú) |
| 图片 (圖片) | tú piàn | picture; photograph; 张 (zhāng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tile”.
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.