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折

Traditional: 摺

shé

HSK 3.0 · 4HSK 2.0 · 6

shé · zit3 (Jyutping)

  1. to snap
  2. to break (a stick, a bone etc)
  3. (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)

zhē · zit3 (Jyutping)

  1. to turn sth over
  2. to turn upside down
  3. to tip sth out (of a container)

zhé · zit3 (Jyutping)

  1. to break
  2. to fracture
  3. to snap
  4. to suffer loss
  5. to bend
  6. to twist
  7. to turn
  8. to change direction
  9. convinced
  10. to convert into (currency)
  11. discount
  12. rebate
  13. tenth (in price)
  14. classifier for theatrical scenes
  15. to fold
  16. accounts book
  17. variant of 折[zhe2]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

折

Meaning
break off, snap; bend
Radical
扌
Strokes
7
Components
⿰扌斤
Cangjie
QHML
Four-corner
5202.1

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