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7 strokes
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折

zhē

Definition

to turn (something over)
to turn upside down
to tip something out (of a container)

Other pronunciations

折	shé	loss (of money) to lose (money) to be at a (financial) loss to break (e.g. stick or bone) to snap
折	zhé	discount to break to fracture to snap to suffer loss to bend to twist to turn to change direction convinced to convert into (currency) rebate tenth (in price) classifier (for theatrical scenes) measure word to fold accounts book

Character Decomposition

Compounds (12)

philosophy; wise

(of time) to pass; to die

oath; vow; to swear; to pledge

abbr. for Zhejiang 浙江 province in east China

to sting

jellyfish

to walk around; turn back midway

bright

see 嘲哳, (onom.) twitter; twittering sound

squeeze out of; extract

walk with one leg

to grasp

Related words (4)

mixed dish of the food left over from a banquet

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)

to do a somersault; to turn head over heels

to turn over

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