折
3 readings · tap one to hear it
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 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 手 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 折
- Common rank
- #649
- Unicode
- U+6298
Sound it out + = · + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
discount · Heisig RSH #932
指 finger + tomahawk
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 折
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一波三折 | calligraphic flourish with many twists; fig. many twists and turns | |
| 火折子 | traditional portable firelighter (bamboo tube of smoldering tinder) | |
| 百折不回 | see 百折不撓|百折不挠[bai3 zhe2 bu4 nao2] | |
| 折过儿 | to turn over | |
| 转折点 | turning point; breaking point | |
| 折子 | folding notebook; accounts book | |
| 折中 | to compromise; to take the middle road; a trade-off; eclectic | |
| 折头 | discount | |
| 心折 | convinced; to admire from the heart; enchanted | |
| 折线图 | line chart | |
| 折刀儿 | erhua form of 折刀[zhe2 dao1] | |
| 小折刀 | pocketknife; penknife | |
| 打折 | to give a discount | |
| 折合 | to convert into; to amount to; to be equivalent to | |
| 折光 | refraction | |
| 折光 | refraction | |
| 折线 | broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments); polygonal line; dog leg | |
| 折本 | a loss; to lose money | |
| 折角 | to fold the corner of a page; to dog-ear | |
| 对折 | to sell at a 50% discount; to fold in two |
Sound family
These characters use 折 as their sound component — compare how they read.