1. 折
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折

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Meta:

  1. 折 is the 1129th most frequent character.
  2. 折 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 折 appears as a character in 57 words.
  4. 折 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
折 => 扌, 斤
Radical :
折 => 扌 (hand), 斤 (axe)
Graphical :
折 => 亅, 二, 丿, ㇒, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. she2 - to break (e.g. stick or bone)/a loss
  2. zhe1 - to turn sth over/to turn upside-down/to tip sth out (of a container)
  3. zhe2 - 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
  4. zhe2 - variant of 折[zhe2]/to fold

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 折 (she2): The component 扌 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

折 
折磨 
折腾 (折騰)
挫折 

Medium Frequency

夭折 
存折 
打折 
折射 
折扣 
折断 (折斷)
折服 
折叠 (折疊)
折纸 (摺紙)
曲折 
波折 
转折 (轉折)
转折点 (轉折點)
骨折 

Appears In:

折 also appears in:
哲誓逝浙蜇踅哳

扣

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Meta:

  1. 扣 is the 1623rd most frequent character.
  2. 扣 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 扣 appears as a character in 34 words.
  4. 扣 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
扣 => 扌, 口
Radical :
扣 => 扌 (hand), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
扣 => 亅, 二, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. kou4 - to fasten/to button/button/buckle/knot/to arrest/to confiscate/to deduct (money)/discount/to knock/to smash or spike (a ball)/to cover (with a bowl etc)/fig. to tag a label on sb
  2. kou4 - button

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 扣 (kou4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 扣 (kou4): The component 扌 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 扣 (kou4): The component 口 is pronounced as 'kou3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

扣 

Medium Frequency

不折不扣 
克扣 (剋扣)
回扣 
扣上 
扣人心弦 
扣分 
扣篮 (扣籃)
扣肉 
扣除 
折扣 
搭扣 
纽扣 (紐扣)
紧扣 (緊扣)
扣子 (釦子)

Appears In:

扣 also appears in:
筘
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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