Chinese symbol for “overlay”
叠合
dié hé
Traditional: 疊合
to overlay; to superpose; to superimpose; to overlap
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overlay is 叠合 (dié hé), defined as: to overlay; to superpose; to superimpose; to overlap.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “overlay”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 叠合.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重叠 (重疊) | chóng dié | to overlap; to superimpose |
| 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 |
| 折叠式 (折疊式) | zhé dié shì | folding (i.e. portable) |
| 层叠 (層疊) | céng dié | layer upon layer; tiered |
| 合作 | hé zuò | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together |
| 综合 (綜合) | zōng hé | comprehensive; composite |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overlay”.
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.