1. 轉
  2. 折

轉

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Meta:

  1. 轉 is the 376th most frequent character.
  2. 轉 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 轉 appears as a character in 146 words.
  4. 轉 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
轉 => 車, 專
Radical :
轉 => 車 (car), 十 (ten), 日 (sun/day), 丨 (line), No glyph available, 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
轉 => 二, 丨, 口, 一, 一, 丨, 口, 一, 丨, 𠂉, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhuan3 - to convey/to forward (mail)/to transfer/to turn/to shift
  2. zhuan4 - to revolve/to turn/to circle about/to walk about/classifier for turns: revs/classifier for repeated actions

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 轉 (zhuan3): The component 專 is pronounced as 'zhuan1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 轉 (zhuan4): The component 專 is pronounced as 'zhuan1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

转 (轉)
转发 (轉發)
转盘 (轉盤)
转给 (轉給)
转身 (轉身)
转载 (轉載)

Medium Frequency

中转 (中轉)
反转 (反轉)
右转 (右轉)
回心转意 (回心轉意)
回转 (回轉)
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
好转 (好轉)
婉转 (婉轉)
左转 (左轉)
打转 (打轉)
扭转 (扭轉)
旋转 (旋轉)
晕头转向 (暈頭轉向)
流转 (流轉)
目不转睛 (目不轉睛)
翻转 (翻轉)
辗转 (輾轉)
辗转反侧 (輾轉反側)
转世 (轉世)
转动 (轉動)
转化 (轉化)
转台 (轉台)
转向 (轉向)
转告 (轉告)
转圈 (轉圈)
转型 (轉型)
转基因 (轉基因)
转好 (轉好)
转学 (轉學)
转弯 (轉彎)
转悠 (轉悠)
转战 (轉戰)
转折 (轉折)
转折点 (轉折點)
转换 (轉換)
转播 (轉播)
转会 (轉會)
转机 (轉機)
转眼 (轉眼)
转移 (轉移)
转而 (轉而)
转行 (轉行)
转角 (轉角)
转变 (轉變)
转让 (轉讓)
转卖 (轉賣)
转账 (轉賬)
转车 (轉車)
转转 (轉轉)
转运 (轉運)
转达 (轉達)
转头 (轉頭)
回转 (迴轉)
逆转 (逆轉)
运转 (運轉)

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:
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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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