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7 strokes
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折

shé

Definition

loss (of money)
to lose (money)
to be at a (financial) loss
to break (e.g. stick or bone)
to snap

Other pronunciations

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

a loss; to lose money

discrepancy in weight

loss of goods; damage to goods; shrinkage

a loss; to lose money

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