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折
shé
1. to break (e.g. stick or bone)
2. a loss
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

折
zhé
to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble
HSK 4 7 丶

Compound Words (5)

折射
zhéshè
to refract
折本
shéběn
a loss
折秤
shéchèng
discrepancy in weight
折耗
shéhào
loss of goods
折钱
shéqián
a loss

Alternate Entries

折
zhē
to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)
HSK 6
折
zhé
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
HSK 6
折
zhé
variant of [[折<zhé>]] / to fold
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,130
Word Frequency Rank
3,431 of 84,292