1. 折
  2. 叠
  3. 椅

折

Previous (筑)Next (郑)
  • 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.
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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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叠

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  • 2266th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 22 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
叠→
叒冝
2Radical
叠→
叒N/A冖cover月moon一one
3Graphical
叠→
叒冖冂二一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dié (die2)to fold • to fold over in layers • to furl • to layer • to pile up • to repeat • to duplicate

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

折叠 (折疊)
叠加 (疊加)
重叠 (重疊)

Uncommon

层叠 (層疊)
折叠椅 (折疊椅)

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椅

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Previous (弯)Next (陪)
  • 1661st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 21 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
椅→
木奇
2Radical
椅→
木tree大big一one亅hook口mouth
3Graphical
椅→
一丨八人一一亅口

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǐ (yi3)chair

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 椅 yǐ (yi3)The component 奇 is pronounced as 'jī' (ji1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 椅 yǐ (yi3)The component 奇 is pronounced as 'qí' (qi2). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for 椅 yǐ (yi3)The component 一 is pronounced as 'yī' (yi1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

椅子 

Uncommon

座椅 
躺椅 
轮椅 (輪椅)
长椅 (長椅)

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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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