叠嶂
dié​zhàng

overlapping mountain peaks

叠 dié pile Simplified

Clothes 叒 stacked on top of a drawer 冝

Components

叒
叒 Meaning component
ruò obedient
冝
冝 Meaning component
yí suitable

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

嶂 zhàng cliff

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain

mountain

章
章 Sound component
zhāng chapter, seal

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkjaŋs
Unicodejiɑ̀ng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

疊 dié pile Traditional

Clothes 畾 stacked on top of a drawer 冝

Components

畾
畾 Meaning component
léi thunder
冝
冝 Meaning component
yí suitable

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdeplˤ[i]pdouble, accumulate
Zhengzhangl'ɯːb
Unicodedhep

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica