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折 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「手」

道
7Elementary year 4 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「手」
On
セツせつ · setsu
Kun
お(る)・おり・お(れる)o(ru) · ori · o(reru)
Meaning
to fold; to break; to bend

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Combines 扌 (hand) and 斤 (axe); holding an axe to cut wood or grass, meaning 'to fold; to break'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセツせつsetsu折衷せっちゅう折衝せっしょう屈折くっせつ
Kunおるoru折るおる折り紙おりがみ折り箱おりばこ
Kunおりori折おり……する折……するおり
Kunおれるoreru折れるおれる名折れなおれ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 折り紙おりがみ

    origami; paper folding

  • 骨折こっせつ

    bone fracture

More words with this kanji

  • 屈折くっせつ
  • 折衷せっちゅう
  • 挫折ざせつ
  • 夭折ようせつ
  • 紆余曲折うよきょくせつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

折(お)り紙(がみ)でつるを折(お)った。

I folded a crane out of origami paper.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

折り紙骨折折紙paper骨bone挙raise手hand承to rec…挘to plu…挈to car…節node説explai…切to cut刹temple拙clumsy
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 手Map of reading セツAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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