折(zhé)

HSK 47 strokes
Readingszhéshézhē

to snap

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Character information

Pinyin
zhé / shé / zhē
Meaning
to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 折 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰扌斤

A hand 扌 wielding an axe 斤

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

扌shǒu斤jīn

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 折 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 折

Common words using 折 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

dǎ打zhé折
HSK 4

to give a discount

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cún存zhé折
HSK 7-9

passbook

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zhé折hé合
HSK 7-9

to convert into

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zhé折shè射
HSK 7-9

to refract

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zhé折kòu扣
HSK 7-9

discount

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jiǔ九zhé折

10% off (price)

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zhōu周zhé折

twists and turns; vicissitude; complication; difficulty; effort; CL:番[fan1]

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yāo夭zhé折

to die young or prematurely; to come to a premature end; to be aborted prem…

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Related characters

More HSK 4 characters

丈与严临之乎亚企

From 折’s common words

打存合射扣九周夭

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