Pronunciation family
Chinese characters for “zhe”
29 characters share this plain syllable. Compare tone marks first, then open a character for writing and usage.
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1
First tone
zhē
2
Second tone
zhé
折
zhé
哲to break, to snap
7 strokes · HSK 3.0 L6zhé
辄wise, sagacious
10 strokeszhé
喆often, readily
11 strokeszhé
蛰sage
12 strokeszhé
谪to hibernate
12 strokeszhé
摺to censure, to blame
13 strokeszhé
輒to bend, to fold
14 strokeszhé
磔often, readily
14 strokeszhé
辙to dismember, to tear apart
15 strokeszhé
蟄track, rut
16 strokeszhé
謫to hibernate
17 strokeszhé
轍to censure, to blame
18 strokeszhé
track, rut
19 strokes3
Third tone
zhě
4
Fourth tone
zhè
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Neutral tone
zhe
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