Chinese symbol for “fold”
折叠
zhé dié
Traditional: 折疊
to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fold is 折叠 (zhé dié), defined as: to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “fold”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圈 | juàn | livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty |
| 褶皱 (褶皺) | zhě zhòu | fold; crease; wrinkle; (geology) fold |
| 折 | zhé | to break; to fracture |
| 折 (摺) | zhé | variant of 折 (zhé); to fold |
| 折皱 (折皺) | zhé zhòu | fold; crease; wrinkle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 折叠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 折磨 | zhé mó | to torment; to torture |
| 挫折 | cuò zhé | setback; reverse |
| 折腾 (折騰) | zhē teng | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again |
| 曲折 | qū zhé | winding; (fig.) complicated |
| 折扣 | zhé kòu | discount |
| 转折 (轉折) | zhuǎn zhé | shift in the trend of events; turnaround |
| 重叠 (重疊) | chóng dié | to overlap; to superimpose |
| 叠加 (疊加) | dié jiā | to superimpose; to layer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fold”.
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.