叠

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to pile up; (bound form) repeated; to fold; classifier: stack, pile (of thin objects); classifier for repeated sections in a musical composition

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Clothes 叒 stacked on top of a drawer 冝

Components 叒冝

heap · Heisig RSH #2753

crotch + crown + 架 shelf

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
动词重叠	dòng cí chóng dié	verb reduplication, used to soften tone or indicate a short action (e.g. 試一試\|试一试[shi4 yi1 …
层出叠见	céng chū dié xiàn	see 層見疊出\|层见叠出[ceng2 xian4 die2 chu1]
层见叠出	céng xiàn dié chū	(idiom) to occur frequently; to occur repeatedly
叠层石	dié céng shí	stromatolite
叠罗汉	dié luó hàn	human pyramid
态叠加	tài dié jiā	superposition of states (quantum mechanics)
叠彩区	Dié cǎi Qū	Diecai, a district of Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi
折叠式	zhé dié shì	folding (i.e. portable)
三叠纪	Sān dié jì	Triassic (geological period 250-205m years ago)
二叠纪	Èr dié jì	Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago)
叠层岩	dié céng yán	stromatolite
叠合	dié hé	to overlay; to superpose; to superimpose; to overlap
折叠刀	zhé dié dāo	folding knife
重叠	chóng dié	to overlap; to superimpose; to telescope; to run together; to duplicate; one over another;…
叠加	dié jiā	to superimpose; to layer; to overlay; to superpose
叠放	dié fàng	to stack; to lay one on top of another
复叠	fù dié	reduplication of words or syllables (as a stylistic device in Chinese)
层叠	céng dié	layer upon layer; tiered
叠层	dié céng	repeated layers; stratified; laminated; stacked; piled strata
肠套叠	cháng tào dié	intussusception (medicine)