迭

dié
#3,012 most
frequent character
alternately, repeatedly

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

迭 has 辶, movement, as the meaning part and 失 shī as the sound part. The sound link is not clear in Mandarin. It first meant to alternate in turn, and later grew to repeatedly.

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Homophones

叠dié
to stack, to fold

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