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Chinese symbol for “depreciation”

折旧
zhé jiù
Traditional: 折舊
depreciation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for depreciation is 折旧 (zhé jiù), defined as: depreciation.

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Characters and stroke order

折 zhé
to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
旧 jiù
old, ancient; former, past
radical 72 ⽇ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 折旧.

WordPinyinMeaning
折磨zhé móto torment; to torture
挫折cuò zhésetback; reverse
折腾 (折騰)zhē tengto toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again
曲折qū zhéwinding; (fig.) complicated
折扣zhé kòudiscount
转折 (轉折)zhuǎn zhéshift in the trend of events; turnaround
依旧 (依舊)yī jiùas before; still; to remain the same
仍旧 (仍舊)réng jiùstill (remaining); to remain (the same)

See also: Japanese symbol for “depreciation”.

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.