How to Write 摞 (luò) — Meaning “to stack; to pile up”

Imagine using your hand (扌) to stack so many books on top of each other that you become tired (累). The character combines the idea of hand action and piling until exhaustion.

The left radical 扌 should be narrow and tall, while the right part 累 has a 田 (field) on top and 糸 (silk) below. A common mistake is writing the top part as 日 (sun) instead of 田, or making the hand radical too wide. The overall balance is important.

掾 (yuàn) means "official clerk" and uses a different right side 彖, not related to stacking. 揄 (yú) means "to pull out" with a right side 俞. Visually, 摞 has 田 and 糸 in its right part, while the others have distinct shapes, and their meanings have nothing to do with piling.

You use 摞 when talking about physically stacking items like books, dishes, or boxes. For example, 一摞书 means "a stack of books" and 摞起来 means "to stack up". It is common in daily life but not found in HSK vocabulary lists.

Common words containing 摞 include: 一摞书 (yī luò shū) — a stack of books; 摞起来 (luò qǐ lái) — to stack up; 摞好 (luò hǎo) — to stack neatly.