折 U+6298, 折 ← 抗[U+6297] CJK Unified Ideographs 抙 →[U+6299] Stroke order
折 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, Cangjie input 手竹一中 (QHML), four-corner 52021, composition ⿰扌斤)
- 㑜, 哳, 㝂, 浙, 狾, 逝, 晣, 䏳, 䀿, 䟷, 䩢, 䱑, 䓆, 䁀, 䇽
- 乴, 哲, 埑, 娎, 悊, 晢, 梊, 烲, 焎, 㿱, 䀸, 硩, 䋢, 蜇, 裚, 誓, 踅, 銴, 䭁
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 422, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11890
- Dae Jaweon: page 770, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1838, character 7
- Unihan data for U+6298
Originally 㪿, an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): ⿱屮屮 (“a tree 木 cut in half”) + 斤 (“axe”) – an axe cutting a tree in half.
In the current form, the left side has become 扌 (“hand”).
simp. and trad. 折 alternative forms
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tset (“to cut off; to sever; to break”).
折
- to break off; to snap; to pluck off
- to bend; to twist
- to turn back; to change direction
- to lose; to suffer the loss of
- to die (young)
- to convert into; to amount to
- to admire; to be convinced
- to trade; to exchange
- to censure; to blame
- difficulty; obstacle
- (Cantonese) to discount 呢度折咗之後大概係三百蚊。 [Cantonese, trad.]呢度折咗之后大概系三百蚊。 [Cantonese, simp.]ni1 dou6 zit3 zo2 zi1 hau6 daai6 koi3 hai6 saam1 baak3 man1. [Jyutping]These items are around 300 dollars after discounting.
- (Cantonese) discount 呢件衫冇折。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]ni1 gin6 saam1 mou5 zit3. [Jyutping]There is no discount on this clothing item.
- (Hokkien) having more benefits than harms; worthwhile; profitable; reasonably priced
- Classifier for discount. 打九折 ― dǎ jiǔ zhé ― ten percent off (or discount to ninety percent of the original price)
- Classifier for folds.
- Classifier for theatrical scenes.
- (Chinese calligraphy) a change in direction of a stroke (such as in ㇕, ㇉, or ㇜)
- (Chinese opera) an act.
- (historical, Ming and Qing dynasties) short for 奏折 (zòuzhé), memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form); imperial memorial.
- a surname, She
In Chinese, discounts are expressed in number of tenths of the original price instead of percentage off.
For discounts not in tenths, 點 / 点 (“decimal point”) is omitted, e.g. 七五折 means 75% of the original price, i.e. 25% off.
- (discount): 扣 (kòu)
- (having more benefits):
- (basic character strokes) 點 / 点 (diǎn), 橫 / 横, 豎 / 竖 (shù), 提, 捺 (nà), 撇, 折, 鉤 / 钩 (gōu), 彎 / 弯 (wān), 斜
折
- to turn over; to flip
- to pour out; to tip something out
折
- (intransitive) to break; to snap
- to be at a (financial) loss
折
- only used in 折折
For pronunciation and definitions of 折 – see 摺 (“to destroy; to fold; etc.”).(This character is the simplified form of 摺).Notes:
- Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
- Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
For pronunciation and definitions of 折 – see 翼 (“wing; wing; etc.”).(This character is a variant form of 翼).
- “折”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “折（～断）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 214.
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
- to break
- to fold
- Go-on: せち (sechi)
- Kan-on: せつ (setsu, Jōyō)
- Kun: おる (oru, 折る, Jōyō)←をる (woru, 折る, historical)、おり (ori, 折, Jōyō)、おれる (oreru, 折れる, Jōyō)←をれる (woreru, 折れる, historical)、くじく (kujiku, 折く)
Kanji in this term 折 おりGrade: 4 kun’yomi For pronunciation and definitions of 折 – see the following entry. 【おり】 [noun] (the act of) folding [noun] a fold (where something has been folded) [noun] a small box made of thin wood or cardboard [noun] occasion; time [verb] stem or continuative form of おる (oru) [godan] (This term, 折, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
- 折々(おりおり) (oriori)
- “折”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026
折 • (kkeokkeul jeol) (hangeul 꺾을 절, revised kkeokkeul jeol, McCune-Reischauer kkŏkkŭl chŏl, Yale kkekkul cel)
- To fold
折: Hán Việt readings: chiết (之(chi)列(liệt)切(thiết))[1][2][3], triếp[3], triệp[3] 折: Nôm readings: chết[1][2][3][4][5], giết[1][2][3][4][5], chẹt[2][3][4][5], chiết[1][2][5], chét[1][3], xít[1][4], chệch[3][4], chịt[3][4], nhét[3][4], nhít[3][4], siết[3][4], xiết[3][4], chích[1], chít[3], dít[3], gãy[3], gẩy[3], giẹp[3], quạt[3], trét[3]
- chữ Nôm form of chết (“to die”)
- chữ Nôm form of giết (“to kill; to murder”)
