1. 折
  2. 斷

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

斷

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Meta:

  1. 斷 is the 434th most frequent character.
  2. 斷 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 斷 appears as a character in 82 words.
  4. 斷 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
斷 => 㡭, 斤
Radical :
斷 => ㇗ (N/A), 一 (one), No glyph available, 斤 (axe)
Graphical :
斷 => ㇗, 一, 幺, 丿, ㇒, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. duan4 - to break/to snap/to cut off/to give up or abstain from sth/to judge/(usu. used in the negative) absolutely, definitely,decidedly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不断 (不斷)
断 (斷)
果断 (果斷)

Medium Frequency

中断 (中斷)
切断 (切斷)
判断 (判斷)
判断力 (判斷力)
剪断 (剪斷)
垄断 (壟斷)
打断 (打斷)
折断 (折斷)
挂断 (掛斷)
推断 (推斷)
断奶 (斷奶)
断定 (斷定)
断断续续 (斷斷續續)
断桥 (斷橋)
断气 (斷氣)
断章取义 (斷章取義)
断绝 (斷絕)
断线 (斷線)
断肠 (斷腸)
断裂 (斷裂)
断送 (斷送)
断电 (斷電)
武断 (武斷)
决断 (決斷)
源源不断 (源源不斷)
片断 (片斷)
诊断 (診斷)
间断 (間斷)
隔断 (隔斷)
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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