折 – fold, break, fracture

7 strokesTaught in grade 4#962 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 折 means fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セツ、シャク (setsu, shaku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is お.る、おり、お.り、-お.り、お.れる (oru, ori, ori, ori, oreru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セツ	setsu
On’yomi	シャク	shaku
Kun’yomi	お.る	oru
Kun’yomi	おり	ori
Kun’yomi	お.り	ori
Kun’yomi	-お.り	ori
Kun’yomi	お.れる	oreru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 斤・扎.

Words using 折

折るおるto break折れるおれるto break骨折こっせつbone fracture折角せっかくwith trouble折おりopportunity時折ときおりsometimes屈折くっせつbending折衷せっちゅうcompromise折り返すおりかえすto turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.)

Example sentences

最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。

The last straw breaks the camel's back.

Tatoeba #2221129

落馬の結果足を折った。

The fall from the horse resulted in a broken leg.

Tatoeba #78512

折ろうとしても指が弱くなりすぎていた。

Her fingers were too weak to fold it.

Tatoeba #142061

Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.