折 — Chinese character
折
zhé
to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble
- Pinyin
- zhé
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 扌 斤
- Formation
- ideographic — A hand 扌 wielding an axe 斤
- Traditional
- 摺
- Japanese
- 折 as a kanji
Common words with 折
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 折磨 | zhé mó | to torment; to torture |
| 挫折 | cuò zhé | setback; reverse |
| 折腾 (折騰) | zhē teng | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again |
| 曲折 | qū zhé | winding; (fig.) complicated |
| 折扣 | zhé kòu | discount |
| 转折 (轉折) | zhuǎn zhé | shift in the trend of events; turnaround |
| 骨折 | gǔ zhé | to suffer a fracture; (of a bone) to break |
| 转折点 (轉折點) | zhuǎn zhé diǎn | turning point; breaking point |
| 折叠 (折疊) | zhé dié | to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc) |
| 折合 | zhé hé | to convert into; to amount to |
| 打折 | dǎ zhé | to give a discount |
| 折射 | zhé shè | to refract; refraction |
English words written with 折
折 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Art of War 2 · I Ching 3 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 10
- Analects 12.12
- Art of War 5.13
- Art of War 11.63
- Hexagram 30
- Hexagram 50
- Hexagram 55
- Mencius 1A.7
- Zhuangzi Nourishment of the Soul
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