叠

疊
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.
她把衣服叠得整整齐齐。
tā bǎ yīfú dié dé zhěng zhěngqí qí 。
She folded the clothes neatly.
我们需要叠纸飞机。
wǒmen xūyào dié zhǐ fēijī 。
We need to fold paper airplanes.

Same Characters, Different Readings

叠dié
to stack, to fold
叠dié
to stack, to fold

Words with similar meanings

堆duī
to pile
This word emphasizes a casual or disorganized stacking as opposed to the more orderly '叠'.
叠放diéfàng
to stack
Similar in meaning, but '叠放' emphasizes the action of placing items on top of each other.

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