Chinese symbol for “convinced”
折
zhé
to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss
The closest CC-CEDICT match for convinced is 折 (zhé), defined as: to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “convinced”
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.