1. 折
  2. 煞

折

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  • 1129th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 101 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
折→
扌斤
2Radical
折→
扌hand斤axe
3Graphical
折→
亅二丿㇒一丨

Pinyin & Meaning

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

Pronunciation Clues

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

Appears In

折 also appears in:
哲誓逝浙蜇踅哳

Example Words

Common

折磨 
折腾 (折騰)
挫折 

Uncommon

不折不扣 
夭折 
存折 
打折 
折合 
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 

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煞

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  • 2275th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 19 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
煞→
No glyph available灬
2Radical
煞→
⺈knife彐pig snout⺙knock灬fire
3Graphical
煞→
⺈㇕二丿一乂灬

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shā (sha1)to terminate • to cut short • to squeeze • to tighten • to reduce • extremely
2. shà (sha4)fiend • baleful • to bring to a stop • very

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

煞 also appears in:
繺

Example Words

Common

煞笔 (煞筆)

Uncommon

恶煞 (惡煞)
折煞 
煞是 
煞有介事 
煞气 (煞氣)
煞白 
煞风景 (煞風景)

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