Japanese symbol for “pile”
重ね
かさね
Romaji: kasane
pile; heap; layers (e.g. of clothing); set (e.g. of boxes)
In Japanese, pile is 重ね, read かさね (kasane).
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Meanings
- n pile; heap; layers (e.g. of clothing); set (e.g. of boxes); course (e.g. of stones)
- ctr counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.)
- n layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat
- n combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
Written forms: 重ね、襲. Readings: かさね.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “pile”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 積み重ね | つみかさね tsumikasane | pile; accumulation |
| 玉 | たま tama | pile (of noodles, etc.) |
| 杭 | くい kui | stake; post; pile |
| 山 | やま yama | heap; pile; stack |
| 堆積 | たいせき taiseki | accumulation; pile; heap |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重要 | じゅうよう juuyou | important; essential; significant |
| 体重 | たいじゅう taijuu | (body) weight |
| 貴重 | きちょう kichou | precious; valuable |
| 重視 | じゅうし juushi | regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of |
| 重大 | じゅうだい juudai | serious; important; significant |
| 重量 | じゅうりょう juuryou | weight |
See also: Chinese symbol for “pile”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.