折
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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
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #650 U+6298
How 折 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A hand 扌 wielding an axe 斤
How to remember it
discount · Heisig RSH #932
指 finger + tomahawk
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 折 as their sound component
These characters all use 折 (zhé) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 折 sound component | zhé | to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble |
| 哲 | zhé | wise, sagacious; wise man; philosopher |
| 逝 | shì | to die, to pass away |
| 浙 | zhè | the Zhejiang province; a river |
| 踅 | xué | to pace; to turn around midway |
| 哳 | zhā | the sound of ripping or giggling |
| 蜇 | zhē | jellyfish |
Words containing 折
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一波三折 | yī bō sān zhé | calligraphic flourish with many twists; fig. many twists and turns |
| 火折子 | huǒ zhé zi | traditional portable firelighter (bamboo tube of smoldering tinder) |
| 百折不回 | bǎi zhé bù huí | see 百折不撓|百折不挠[bai3 zhe2 bu4 nao2] |
| 折过儿 | zhē guò r | to turn over |
| 转折点 | zhuǎn zhé diǎn | turning point; breaking point |
| 折子 | zhé zi | folding notebook; accounts book |
| 折头 | zhé tou | discount |
| 折中 | zhé zhōng | to compromise; to take the middle road; a trade-off; eclectic |
| 心折 | xīn zhé | convinced; to admire from the heart; enchanted |
| 折线图 | zhé xiàn tú | line chart |
| 折刀儿 | zhé dāo r | erhua form of 折刀[zhe2 dao1] |
| 小折刀 | xiǎo zhé dāo | pocketknife; penknife |
| 打折 | dǎ zhé | to give a discount |
| 折合 | zhé hé | to convert into; to amount to; to be equivalent to |
| 折光 | zhé guāng | refraction |
| 折光 | zhé guāng | refraction |
| 折线 | zhé xiàn | broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments); polygonal line; dog leg |
| 折本 | shé běn | a loss; to lose money |
| 折角 | zhé jiǎo | to fold the corner of a page; to dog-ear |
| 对折 | duì zhé | to sell at a 50% discount; to fold in two |