折

Translingual

Han character

折 (radical 64 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手竹一中 (QHML), four-corner 5202₁, composition ⿰扌斤)

1. break off, snap
2. to bend

References

• KangXi: page 422, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11890
• Dae Jaweon: page 770, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1838, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6298

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		折

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhé, shé, zhē (zhe², she², zhe¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ, ㄕㄜˊ, ㄓㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): chak
• Min Nan (POJ): chi̍h / chik / chiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ
    • Wade-Giles: chê²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jer
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/

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  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shé
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ
    • Wade-Giles: shê²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sher
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhē
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜ
    • Wade-Giles: chê¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: je
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³
    • Yale: jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chak
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /t͡sak̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍h / chik / chiat
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍h / tsik / tsiat
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiʔ⁴/, /t͡ɕik̚³²/, /t͡ɕiat̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiʔ¹²¹/, /t͡ɕik̚³²/, /t͡ɕiat̚³²/
  • Note: chi̍h/chik - vernacular, chiat - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (折, reconstructed)
Character (折), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 定 (7) Final: 齊 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 杜奚切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/dei/	/dʱiei/	/dei/	/dei/	/dɛj/	/diei/	/dɛi/
Character (折), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 章 (23) Final: 薛 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 旨熱切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡ɕiᴇt̚/	/t͡ɕi̯ɛt̚/	/t͡ɕiɛt̚/	/t͡ɕiɛt̚/	/ciat̚/	/t͡ɕĭɛt̚/	/t͡ɕjæt̚/
Character (折), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 常 (25) Final: 薛 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 常列切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/d͡ʑiᴇt̚/	/ʑi̯ɛt̚/	/ʑiɛt̚/	/d͡ʑiɛt̚/	/d͡ʑiat̚/	/ʑĭɛt̚/	/d͡ʑjæt̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (折, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
折								dì								‹ dejH ›								/*[d]ˤet-s/								solitary standing (sc. tree)
折								shé								‹ dzyet ›								/*N-tet/								bend (v.i.)
折								zhé								‹ tsyet ›								/*tet/								bend; break (v.t.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
折					16937					折					歌					2					嗁					/*l'eːl/
折					16947					折					月					2					晢					/*ʔljed/
折					16951					折					月					2					折					/*ɦljed/

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

折

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• On: せつ (setsu), せち (sechi)
• Kun: おる (oru), おれる (oreru), くじく (kujiku)

Compounds

• 折紙 (おりがみ, origami)

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Korean

Hanja

折 (jeol, je) (hangeul 절, 제, revised jeol, je, McCune-Reischauer chŏl, che, Yale cel, cey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

折 (chiết, chẹt, chết, chệch, chịt, giết, nhét, nhít, siết, xít, xiết, chét, chít, díp, gãy, gẩy, giẹp, giỡn, trét, triếp)

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