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Chinese symbol for “collapsible”

折叠
zhé dié
Traditional: 折疊
to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for collapsible is 折叠 (zhé dié), defined as: to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

折 zhé
to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
叠 dié
pile; layer; to fold up; to repeat, to duplicate
radical 29 ⼜ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 折叠.

WordPinyinMeaning
折磨zhé móto torment; to torture
挫折cuò zhésetback; reverse
折腾 (折騰)zhē tengto toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again
曲折qū zhéwinding; (fig.) complicated
折扣zhé kòudiscount
转折 (轉折)zhuǎn zhéshift in the trend of events; turnaround
重叠 (重疊)chóng diéto overlap; to superimpose
叠加 (疊加)dié jiāto superimpose; to layer

See also: Japanese symbol for “collapsible”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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