Surname · Chinese

折

“to cut off; to sever; to break”

折 is a surname from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. It is used in Chinese.

ChineseWritten in Chinese characters script.

Meaning & origin

What it means

折 goes back to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tset, meaning “to cut off; to sever; to break.”

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Where it comes from

折 comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan.

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How it developed

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tset (“to cut off; to sever; to break”).

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