Chinese symbol for “overlap”
重叠
chóng dié
Traditional: 重疊
to overlap; to superimpose; to telescope; to run together
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overlap is 重叠 (chóng dié), defined as: to overlap; to superimpose; to telescope; to run together; to duplicate; one over another.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “overlap”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 复 (複) | fù | to repeat; to double |
| 套 | tào | to cover; to encase |
| 交叉 | jiāo chā | to cross; to intersect |
| 叠合 (疊合) | dié hé | to overlay; to superpose; to superimpose; to overlap |
| 覆叠 (覆疊) | fù dié | to overlap; to overlay |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 重叠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 严重 (嚴重) | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 重点 (重點) | chóng diǎn | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate |
| 重新 | chóng xīn | again; once more; re- |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 折叠 (折疊) | zhé dié | to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc) |
| 叠加 (疊加) | dié jiā | to superimpose; to layer |
| 堆叠 (堆疊) | duī dié | to pile up; to put layer upon layer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overlap”.
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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