Keyword
to break
- to snap
- to fold
- to bend
- to bow
- humble
- Frequency
- #1099
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
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Mnemonic
A hand 扌 wielding an axe 斤
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
折磨
to torment; to torture
折
to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); …
挫折
setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; …
折腾
to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money)
曲折
winding; (fig.) complicated
折扣
discount
转折
shift in the trend of events; turnaround; plot shift in a book; turn in the conversation
骨折
to suffer a fracture; (of a bone) to break; fracture
转折点
turning point; breaking point
折叠
to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
折合
to convert into; to amount to; to be equivalent to
打折
to give a discount
折射
to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
折断
to snap sth off; to break
夭折
to die young or prematurely; to come to a premature end; to be aborted prematurely
波折
twists and turns
不折不扣
a hundred percent; to the letter; out-and-out
折
to turn sth over; to turn upside down; to tip sth out (of a container)
折返
to turn back
折旧
depreciation
折服
to convince; to subdue; to be convinced; to be bowled over
折算
to convert (between currencies)
折纸
to fold paper (to make origami articles); origami
打折扣
to give a discount; to be of less value than anticipated