Read Edit View history 折 zhéshézhē HSK4 break off Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a hand (扌) using an axe (斤) to chop something. Older forms of this character depicted an axe chopping a tree into two pieces. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhé ×zhē ×shé × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 折 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 折 ×摺 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 扌 is a component form of 手. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 折 Simp strokes 折 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 折 Simp strokes 折 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 折 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 143, 541 ], [ 207, 541 ], [ 354, 590 ], [ 417, 596 ] ], [ [ 280, 826 ], [ 305, 810 ], [ 325, 782 ], [ 315, 631 ], [ 311, 149 ], [ 292, 105 ], [ 182, 143 ] ], [ [ 61, 267 ], [ 116, 261 ], [ 351, 419 ], [ 412, 453 ] ], [ [ 812, 710 ], [ 737, 712 ], [ 643, 642 ], [ 569, 604 ], [ 568, 596 ] ], [ [ 481, 614 ], [ 522, 581 ], [ 525, 566 ], [ 527, 402 ], [ 513, 287 ], [ 486, 205 ], [ 456, 148 ], [ 415, 97 ], [ 353, 49 ] ], [ [ 558, 416 ], [ 575, 431 ], [ 827, 488 ], [ 872, 492 ], [ 932, 483 ] ], [ [ 690, 435 ], [ 726, 407 ], [ 723, -68 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 338 554 Q 362 563 389 570 Q 420 580 426 585 Q 435 595 429 604 Q 419 616 388 620 Q 363 623 340 614 L 293 594 Q 200 564 150 553 Q 113 543 142 527 Q 193 506 248 527 Q 269 534 292 540 L 338 554 Z", "M 288 352 Q 287 273 285 177 Q 284 155 271 146 Q 267 142 204 145 Q 173 155 175 145 Q 176 138 197 125 Q 255 82 270 58 Q 288 30 302 28 Q 315 28 329 61 Q 345 104 341 174 Q 335 280 335 387 L 335 422 Q 335 489 338 554 L 340 614 Q 340 713 360 778 Q 376 806 324 829 Q 293 848 273 841 Q 257 835 271 813 Q 292 786 293 754 Q 294 738 293 594 L 292 540 Q 291 479 289 398 L 288 352 Z", "M 289 398 Q 202 355 127 311 Q 90 290 65 284 Q 52 278 49 270 Q 48 260 62 245 Q 83 229 107 219 Q 117 216 142 232 Q 199 289 288 352 L 335 387 Q 359 406 384 421 Q 406 433 416 447 Q 423 460 412 461 Q 406 461 335 422 L 289 398 Z", "M 561 586 Q 664 625 717 656 Q 763 681 803 694 Q 821 697 824 706 Q 827 718 812 728 Q 788 741 739 755 Q 723 761 708 758 Q 701 754 701 741 Q 702 705 551 604 C 526 587 533 575 561 586 Z", "M 555 447 Q 558 570 560 578 Q 561 582 561 586 C 562 599 562 599 551 604 Q 548 607 544 608 Q 493 630 478 627 Q 459 623 476 601 Q 510 544 497 339 Q 490 284 466 219 Q 441 147 362 68 Q 349 55 345 48 Q 344 41 356 42 Q 396 45 461 120 Q 545 222 553 410 L 555 447 Z", "M 744 447 Q 759 450 920 468 Q 939 469 943 478 Q 947 490 930 502 Q 867 535 811 513 Q 661 474 555 447 C 526 440 523 412 553 410 Q 572 406 626 420 Q 651 429 682 435 L 744 447 Z", "M 702 -39 Q 708 -64 714 -73 Q 720 -80 727 -78 Q 745 -66 748 -11 Q 755 49 753 107 Q 746 333 764 415 Q 767 433 753 442 Q 749 446 744 447 C 719 463 673 463 682 435 Q 694 411 698 305 Q 698 -7 702 -39 Z" ] } 7 strokes 折 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 143, 541 ], [ 207, 541 ], [ 354, 590 ], [ 417, 596 ] ], [ [ 280, 826 ], [ 305, 810 ], [ 325, 782 ], [ 315, 631 ], [ 311, 149 ], [ 292, 105 ], [ 182, 143 ] ], [ [ 61, 267 ], [ 116, 261 ], [ 351, 419 ], [ 412, 453 ] ], [ [ 812, 710 ], [ 737, 712 ], [ 643, 642 ], [ 569, 604 ], [ 568, 596 ] ], [ [ 481, 614 ], [ 522, 581 ], [ 525, 566 ], [ 527, 402 ], [ 513, 287 ], [ 486, 205 ], [ 456, 148 ], [ 415, 97 ], [ 353, 49 ] ], [ [ 558, 416 ], [ 575, 431 ], [ 827, 488 ], [ 872, 492 ], [ 932, 483 ] ], [ [ 690, 435 ], [ 726, 407 ], [ 723, -68 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 338 554 Q 362 563 389 570 Q 420 580 426 585 Q 435 595 429 604 Q 419 616 388 620 Q 363 623 340 614 L 293 594 Q 200 564 150 553 Q 113 543 142 527 Q 193 506 248 527 Q 269 534 292 540 L 338 554 Z", "M 288 352 Q 287 273 285 177 Q 284 155 271 146 Q 267 142 204 145 Q 173 155 175 145 Q 176 138 197 125 Q 255 82 270 58 Q 288 30 302 28 Q 315 28 329 61 Q 345 104 341 174 Q 335 280 335 387 L 335 422 Q 335 489 338 554 L 340 614 Q 340 713 360 778 Q 376 806 324 829 Q 293 848 273 841 Q 257 835 271 813 Q 292 786 293 754 Q 294 738 293 594 L 292 540 Q 291 479 289 398 L 288 352 Z", "M 289 398 Q 202 355 127 311 Q 90 290 65 284 Q 52 278 49 270 Q 48 260 62 245 Q 83 229 107 219 Q 117 216 142 232 Q 199 289 288 352 L 335 387 Q 359 406 384 421 Q 406 433 416 447 Q 423 460 412 461 Q 406 461 335 422 L 289 398 Z", "M 561 586 Q 664 625 717 656 Q 763 681 803 694 Q 821 697 824 706 Q 827 718 812 728 Q 788 741 739 755 Q 723 761 708 758 Q 701 754 701 741 Q 702 705 551 604 C 526 587 533 575 561 586 Z", "M 555 447 Q 558 570 560 578 Q 561 582 561 586 C 562 599 562 599 551 604 Q 548 607 544 608 Q 493 630 478 627 Q 459 623 476 601 Q 510 544 497 339 Q 490 284 466 219 Q 441 147 362 68 Q 349 55 345 48 Q 344 41 356 42 Q 396 45 461 120 Q 545 222 553 410 L 555 447 Z", "M 744 447 Q 759 450 920 468 Q 939 469 943 478 Q 947 490 930 502 Q 867 535 811 513 Q 661 474 555 447 C 526 440 523 412 553 410 Q 572 406 626 420 Q 651 429 682 435 L 744 447 Z", "M 702 -39 Q 708 -64 714 -73 Q 720 -80 727 -78 Q 745 -66 748 -11 Q 755 49 753 107 Q 746 333 764 415 Q 767 433 753 442 Q 749 446 744 447 C 719 463 673 463 682 435 Q 694 411 698 305 Q 698 -7 702 -39 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang 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