叠 dié pile
pile; layer; to fold up
How to remember 叠: 叒 three hands + 冖 cover + 且 moreover = pile. Working as if she had three hands, the student lifts the dust cover off the shelf and, moreover, stacks every book in one tall pile.
Component breakdown
叠 = 叒 three hands + 冝
- 叒 three hands
- 冝
- 冖 cover
- 且 moreover
Working as if she had three hands, the student lifts the dust cover off the shelf and, moreover, stacks every book in one tall pile.
How it is used
- To fold, and to stack/layer up - 叠被子 (dié bèizi) to fold the quilt, 折叠 (zhédié) to fold up, 重叠 (chóngdié) to overlap.
- Doubling of things - 叠加 (diéjiā) to superimpose, 层层叠叠 (céngcéng-diédié) layer upon layer.
- So it covers both neat folding and piling into layers.