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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “origami”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 折纸.
| 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 |
| 报纸 (報紙) | bào zhǐ | newspaper; newsprint |
| 纸币 (紙幣) | zhǐ bì | bank 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.