The kanji 積: meaning, readings and stroke order

積

Meaning: pile up
On reading: セキ seki
Kun reading: つ（む） tsumu、つ（もる） tsumoru
Strokes: 16
Radical: 禾 grain
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chất đống, tích lại (tích)
Japanese: つむ。つもる。
Korean: 쌓다, 쌓이다 (적)
Chinese: 堆积、积 (积)

Readings, words and example sentences

セキ seki · on reading

面めん積せき
area (size of a surface)
四角の 面めん積せきを求めます。
I find the area of the rectangle.

つ（む） tsumu · kun reading

積つむ
to load, to pile up
車に荷を 積つみます。
I load the bags into the car.

つ（もる） tsumoru · kun reading

積つもる
to pile up (snow, dust)
雪がたくさん 積つもりました。
A lot of snow piled up.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.