Using your hand to grip an axe and chop off a tree branch is the meaning of the character 折.
/
折断
折断
to snap sth off
2 meanings#14094
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to snap sth off
中用力使某物从中间分开成两部分yònglì shǐ mǒuwù cóng zhōngjiān fēnkāi chéng liǎng bùfen
- 。
He broke off the tree branch.
- 貳动verb
to break
中用力弯曲使东西断裂yòng lì wānqū shǐ dōngxi duànliè
COLLOCATIONS4 collocations
STROKE ORDER
Loading…
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 米(grain; thread (symbolizing something cut))ASSOCIATIVE
- 斤(axe; chopping tool)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using an axe to chop and sever threads — the image of breaking or cutting off.
折断
Traditional折斷
to snap sth off
2 meanings#14094
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to snap sth off
中用力使某物从中间分开成两部分yònglì shǐ mǒuwù cóng zhōngjiān fēnkāi chéng liǎng bùfen
- 。
He broke off the tree branch.
- 貳动verb
to break
中用力弯曲使东西断裂yòng lì wānqū shǐ dōngxi duànliè
COLLOCATIONS4 collocations
STROKE ORDER
Loading…
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 米(grain; thread (symbolizing something cut))ASSOCIATIVE
- 斤(axe; chopping tool)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using an axe to chop and sever threads — the image of breaking or cutting off.
Explore more related entries to look up.