Using your hand to grip an axe and chop off a tree branch is the meaning of the character 折.
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折腰
折腰
to bend at the waist; to bow
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to bend at the waist; to bow
- 。
He bowed to me with a bent waist.
- 貳动verb
(fig.) to bow to; to submit
- 。
He never bows to anyone.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺼(flesh; body)RADICAL
- 要(necessary; waist)PHONO-SEMANTIC
The waist is the most important part of the body.
折腰
Traditional折
to bend at the waist; to bow
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to bend at the waist; to bow
- 。
He bowed to me with a bent waist.
- 貳动verb
(fig.) to bow to; to submit
- 。
He never bows to anyone.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺼(flesh; body)RADICAL
- 要(necessary; waist)PHONO-SEMANTIC
The waist is the most important part of the body.
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