• 1129th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 57 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

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 shé (she2)The component is pronounced as 'shǒu' (shou3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
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 
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  • 1633rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 27 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. téng (teng2)to soar • to gallop • to prance • to turn over • to vacate • to clear

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

奔腾 (奔騰)
折腾 (折騰)
腾讯 (騰訊)

Medium Frequency

倒腾 (倒騰)
图腾 (圖騰)
欢腾 (歡騰)
沸腾 (沸騰)
翻腾 (翻騰)
飞黄腾达 (飛黃騰達)
腾冲 (騰沖)
腾空 (騰空)
腾飞 (騰飛)
腾腾 (騰騰)
闹腾 (鬧騰)
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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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