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折 = 扌 + 斤

折 is a simplified Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “break off”. It is built from 扌 (hand) and 斤 (a catty (approximately 600 g)). It appears as a component in 20 other characters in this index.

Keyword
break off
Pinyin (Mandarin)
zhé
Script
Simplified chinese hanzi
Also known as
break off, snap, ломаться, snap
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
折 fold

Decomposition

ids

  1. 扌 hand
  2. 斤 a catty (approximately 600 g)

Characters that contain 折

How to find 折 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hand” + “a catty (approximately 600 g)”. 折 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 折 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.