shé

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

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

树枝折了。

The branch snapped.

他把铅笔折断了。

He snapped the pencil.