帖

3 readings · tap one to hear it

fitting snugly; appropriate; suitable; variant of 貼|贴[tie1]; to paste; to obey

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Writing on a cloth 巾

Components 巾占

note · Heisig RSH #1684

巾 towel + 占 tell fortunes

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
以斯帖记	Yǐ sī tiě jì	Book of Esther
帖木儿大汗	Tiē mù ér Dà hán	Timur or Tamerlane (1336-1405), Mongol emperor and conqueror
字帖儿	zì tiě r	piece of paper with short note; short letter
帖木儿	Tiē mù ér	Timur or Tamerlane (1336-1405), Mongol emperor and conqueror
以斯帖	Yǐ sī tiě	Esther (name)
帖撒罗尼迦后书	Tiě sā luó ní jiā Hòu shū	Second Epistle of St Paul to the Thessalonians
帖撒罗尼迦前书	Tiě sā luó ní jiā qián shū	First epistle of St Paul to the Thessalonians
大补帖	dà bǔ tiě	tonic; healthy concoction; (fig.) just what the doctor ordered; (Tw) pirated software
帖子	tiě zi	card; invitation; message; (forum) post
简帖儿	jiǎn tiě r	a letter
发帖	fā tiě	to post (an item on a forum)
名帖	míng tiě	name card; business card
黑帖	hēi tiě	poison pen letter
字帖	zì tiě	piece of paper with short note; short letter
字帖	zì tiè	copybook (for calligraphy)
报帖	bào tiě	to announce good news in red letters
回帖	huí tiě	to reply to an invitation; (Internet) to post a comment on a forum topic
热帖	rè tiě	hot thread (in an Internet forum)
说帖	shuō tiě	memorandum; note (i.e. written statement)
帖撒罗尼迦	Tiě sā luó ní jiā	Thessalonica

These characters use 帖 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
帖 sound part	tiē	card, invite, notice; to fit snugly
萜	tiē	terpene