回折

diffraction (physics)

Characters and words in 回折

to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)

Add a new mnemonic for 回 = 口 + 囗

回 = 口 + 囗 : Helga Horse (hu-) smuggled herself into the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (-ei2). She covered herself in an enclosure (囗) full of mandarins (口). Unfortunately, she missed one little detail: The box full of mandarins is to be shipped back (回) to China soon.

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回

迴

huí = hu + ei2

to curve / to return / to revolve

Add a new mnemonic for 回 = 口 + 囗

Add a new mnemonic for 迴 = 辶 + 回

回

逥

huí = hu + ei2

variant of 迴|回[hui2]

Add a new mnemonic for 回 = 口 + 囗

Add a new mnemonic for 逥 = 辶 + 囬

折

shé = sh + e2

to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)

Add a new mnemonic for 折 = 扌 + 斤

折

zhe̅ = zh + e1

to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)

Add a new mnemonic for 折 = 扌 + 斤

折

zhé = zh + e2

to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book

Add a new mnemonic for 折 = 扌 + 斤

折 = 扌 + 斤 : James II of England (zh) wants to lift a pair of barbells (斤) in the elevator's kitchen (e2), but the barbells are very heavy. He tries to use toy claws (扌) and folding (折) knifes (mnemonic symbol for 折) as levers, but they both snap (折).

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折

摺

zhé = zh + e2

variant of 折[zhe2] / to fold

Add a new mnemonic for 折 = 扌 + 斤

Add a new mnemonic for 摺 = 扌 + 習