Kanji Detail for 疊 - "to fold, pile, tatami"

疊

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
疊 means "to fold, pile, tatami."
1. Fold - To bend over; to layer.
2. Pile - To stack; to heap.
3. Tatami - A traditional Japanese mat.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

tatami; counter for tatami mats; fold; shut up; do away with

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

repeat, duplicate; repetitious

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to pile up; (bound form) repeated; to fold; classifier: stack, pile (of thin objects); classifier for repeated sections in a musical composition

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

pile; layer; to fold up; to repeat, to duplicate

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To pile up. One layer is also called one 疊. Such as 千疊 (thousand layers), 萬疊 (ten thousand layers). | To fear. "None who were not shaken." Seen in (Book of Odes). | To tidy up. Such as saying 打疊 (arrange), 摺疊 (fold). | [Character Analysis] Originally written as 疊.
Onyomi

choh(チョウ)

joh(ジョウ)
Kunyomi

kasa.naru(かさ-なる)

kasa.neru(かさ-ねる)

tata.mu(たた-む)

tatami(たたみ)
Strokes

22 strokes
Radical

田 (ta・tahen)
Related Keywords
fold pile tatami overlap stack layer accumulation bend buildup heap mat superimpose repeat