折

shé · zhē · zhé

to snap

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 7 HSK 4

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

打拉指报托推接投护提排才

Same radical

打拉指报托推接投护提排才扬执招

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Character Decomposition

折=扌+斤

Etymology

A hand 扌 wielding an axe 斤

Meanings3 pronunciations

shé

to snap

to break (a stick, a bone etc)

(bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)

zhē

to turn sth over

to turn upside down

to tip sth out (of a container)

zhé

to break

to fracture

to snap

to suffer loss

to bend

to twist

to turn

to change direction

convinced

to convert into (currency)

discount

rebate

tenth (in price)

classifier for theatrical scenes

to fold

accounts book

to fold

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Words with 折 429 total

to sell at a 50% discount · to fold in two对折duì zhé to suffer a fracture · (of a bone) to break · fracture骨折gǔ zhé

Idioms with 折 101 total Chain

to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom) · to be undaunted by repeated setbacks · to be indomitable百折不挠bǎi zhé bù náo lit. not to bow for five dou of rice (idiom) · fig. to be high-minded and principled, not to compromise one's dignity for material gain不为五斗米折腰bù wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo a hundred percent · to the letter · out-and-out不折不扣bù zhé bù kòu lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon) · fig. to succeed in the imperial examination蟾宫折桂chán gōng zhé guì