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Chinese symbol for “origami”

折纸
zhé zhǐ
Traditional: 摺紙
to fold paper (to make origami articles); origami

The closest CC-CEDICT match for origami is 折纸 (zhé zhǐ), defined as: to fold paper (to make origami articles); origami.

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
纸 zhǐ
paper
radical 120 ⽷ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “origami”

WordPinyinMeaning
叠纸 (疊紙)dié zhǐto fold paper; origami

Related words

Other words that share a character with 折纸.

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
报纸 (報紙)bào zhǐnewspaper; newsprint
纸币 (紙幣)zhǐ bìbank notes; paper currency

See also: Japanese symbol for “origami”.

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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