TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
疊
疊 ＝ 畾 ＋ 宜
ㄉㄧㄝˊ · dié
verb — to pile up, stack, fold
字源 FORM — what the parts do
畾聲léi — gives the soundthree fields (田) stacked into a block
IFTléi → dié — reading drifted far from the donor
Three fields (田) heaped one on another — 畾 — sitting over a base. Things laid layer on layer: 重疊、疊加. 畾 carries the sound, léi softened to dié. The fields say it best — stack squares on squares and you have a pile. From there, to fold cloth or paper into layers: 疊被、疊紙.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
三個田一個壓一個摞上去——疊。
Three fields (田) heaped one over the next — a stack.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)重疊、疊加— to pile up, overlap常用
→疊被、疊紙— to fold (into layers)常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
累lèithe cousin in — 累 hangs 糸 thread below the fields; 疊 sets them on a base磊lěithe cousin in stacking — 磊 stacks three 石 stones; 疊 stacks three 田 fields