疊

疊

See also: 叠, 畳, 曡, and 疉

疊 U+758A, 疊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-758A ← 疉 [U+7589] CJK Unified Ideographs 疋 → [U+758B]

Translingual

Traditional	疊
Shinjitai	畳
Simplified	叠

Han character

疊 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+17, 22 strokes, cangjie input 田田田一 (WWWM), four-corner 6010₇, composition ⿱畾冝)

Descendants

• 畳, 叠

References

• KangXi: page 767, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21983
• Dae Jaweon: page 1177, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2555, character 14
• Unihan data for U+758A

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Chinese

trad.		疊
simp.		叠
alternative forms		曡 疉 畳 㬪 疂 曡 疉 畳 㬪 疂 𣆹 𤴁 迭 former first round simplified

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (疊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
曡	*l'ɯːb
疊	*l'ɯːb

畾 + 宜 – a pile.

Originally as 曡, with 晶 (jīng) on top. Shuowen commented that the shape change was promoted by emperor of the short-lived Xin Dynasty, who deemed the use of three "suns" (日) in this character too empowering - compared to three "fields" (田).

Etymology

Cognate with 褶 (“lined dress”), Tibetan ལྟབ (ltab, “to fold, gather up, to lay or put together”), ལྡེབ (ldeb, “to bend round or back, to turn round, to double down”), ལྡབ (ldab, “to fold up, repeat, do again”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dié (die²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daap⁶, dip⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thia̍p

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tiab⁶

• Min Dong (BUC): tăk / diĕk
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tha̍h / thia̍p / tia̍p

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tah⁸ / tiab⁸

• Wu (Wiktionary): diq (T5); deq (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dié
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dié
    • Wade–Giles: tieh²
    • Yale: dyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye
    • Palladius: де (de)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tjɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daap⁶, dip⁶
    • Yale: daahp, dihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daap⁹, dip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dab⁶, dib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːp̚²/, /tiːp̚²/

Note:

• daap6 - vernacular;
• dip6 - literary.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thia̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: tiab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tiab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯ap̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tiab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰiap̚⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tăk / diĕk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaʔ⁵/, /tieʔ⁵/

Note:

• tăk - colloquial;
• diĕk - literary.

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tha̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tha̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tah
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: thia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiap
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiap̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiap̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: tia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diap
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiap̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiap̚¹²¹/

Note: tha̍h - vernacular, thia̍p/tia̍p - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tah⁸ / tiab⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tha̍h / thia̍p
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaʔ⁴/, /tʰiap̚⁴/

Note:

• tah8 - vernacular;
• tiab8 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: diq (T5); deq (T5)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥i̯ɪʔ¹²/, /d̥əʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: /dep̚/

Rime
Character	疊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	添 (158)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒協切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dep̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dep̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛp̚/
Li Rong	/dep̚/
Wang Li	/diep̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱiep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dip6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤ[i]p/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	疊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dié
Middle Chinese	‹ dep ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁ[i]p/
English	double, accumulate
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	疊
Reading #	1/1
No.	2365
Phonetic component	疊
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	牒
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯːb/
Notes	同曡

Definitions

疊

1. to fold; to fold up
2. to fold over in layers; to pile up; to be piled up
3. pile
4. layer
5. to repeat, to duplicate
6. to be repetitious
7. Classifier for piles/layers.
8. Alternative form of 㲲 (dié).

Compounds

一疊聲／一叠声 三疊紀／三叠纪 (Sāndié Jì) 九疊篆／九叠篆 二疊系／二叠系 二疊紀／二叠纪 (Èrdié Jì) 亞肩疊背／亚肩叠背 併疊／并叠 堆疊／堆叠 (duīdié) 壓肩疊背／压肩叠背 套疊／套叠 (tàodié) 定疊／定叠 屏風九疊／屏风九叠 層出疊見／层出叠见 (céngchūdiéxiàn) 層巒疊嶂／层峦叠嶂 層疊／层叠 (céngdié) 層見疊出／层见叠出 (céngxiàndiéchū) 山巒重疊／山峦重叠 打疊／打叠 折疊／折叠 (zhédié) 挨肩疊背／挨肩叠背 挺胸疊肚／挺胸叠肚

摺疊／折叠 摺疊扇／折叠扇 琴心三疊／琴心三叠 疊加／叠加 (diéjiā) 疊印／叠印 疊句／叠句 (diéjù) 疊字／叠字 (diézì) 疊層／叠层 疊層岩／叠层岩 疊層石／叠层石 疊嶂／叠嶂 疊嶺層巒／叠岭层峦 疊巘／叠𪩘 疊床架屋／叠床架屋 (diéchuángjiàwū) 疊彩／叠彩 (Diécǎi) 疊接／叠接 疊映／叠映 疊棋／叠棋 疊次／叠次 疊燮／叠燮 疊疊／叠叠 (diédié)

疊矩重規／叠矩重规 疊羅漢／叠罗汉 疊蓆／叠席 (diéxí) 疊被／叠被 疊詞／叠词 (diécí) 疊韻／叠韵 (diéyùn) 稠疊／稠叠 積疊／积叠 聯肩疊背／联肩叠背 腸套疊／肠套叠 (chángtàodié) 規重矩疊／规重矩叠 連雲疊嶂／连云叠嶂 重三疊四／重三叠四 重巖疊嶂／重岩叠嶂 重疊／重叠 (chóngdié) 重裀疊褥／重裀叠褥 重規疊矩／重规叠矩 重重疊疊／重重叠叠 陽關三疊／阳关三叠 類疊／类叠 鬥疊／斗叠

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Japanese

Shinjitai	畳
Kyūjitai	疊

Kanji

疊

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 畳)

Readings

• On (unclassified): じょう (jō); ちょう (chō)
• Kun: たたむ (tatamu, 疊む); たたみ (tatami, 疊); かさねる (kasaneru, 疊ねる)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 疊 – see the following entry.

【畳たたみ】S [noun] tatami; a tatami mat [noun] tatami; a unit of area, approximately 1.65 square metres. [noun] repeat, duplicate [noun] repetitious 【畳じょう】S [counter] tatami mats [counter] units of area as measured in tatami mats 【畳たとう】S [noun] Clipping of 畳紙 (tatōgami).

(This term, 疊, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

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Korean

Hanja

疊 • (cheop) (hangeul 첩, revised cheop, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏp, Yale chep)

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Vietnamese

Han character

疊: Hán Việt readings: điệp[1][2][3]
疊: Nôm readings: điệp[1], đệp[1], xếp[1]

1. chữ Hán form of điệp (“fold in layers”).

References

1. Trần (2004).
2. Trần (1999).
3. Thiều Chửu (1942).