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叠

曡

dié

#2,266 most

frequent character

to stack, to fold

verb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

叠 has 叒, three hands, and 冝, matching or fitting. Together they give the first sense, 'to pile up, collect'. From piling up came 'to fold over' and then 'to repeat'. 叒 here stands for 畾, three fields, but still carries the idea of collecting.

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Example Sentences

请把这些书叠起来。

qǐng bǎ zhèixiē shū diéqǐlái 。

Please stack these books.

她把纸叠成了飞机。

tā bǎ zhǐ diéchéng le fēijī 。

She folded the paper into an airplane.

我们可以把衣服叠整齐。

wǒmen kěyǐ bǎ yīfú dié zhěngqí 。

We can stack the clothes neatly.

Same Characters, Different Readings

to stack, to fold

to stack, to fold

Words with similar meanings

摞 (luò) specifically emphasizes the action of stacking items horizontally, which may indicate a different spatial arrangement compared to 叠 (dié).

折 (zhé) refers specifically to folding, which can be a broader action than just stacking, depending on the context.

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Homophones

to stack, to fold