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折

JLPT N3 SL4 7 strokes Frequency: #962

Meanings

Fold, Break, Fracture, Bend, Yield, Submit

Radicals

扌

Decomposition

⿰扌斤

Etymology

Ideographic: A hand 扌 wielding an axe 斤

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 7

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 hook right-to-left

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

5 diagonal right-to-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シャク shaku

セツ setsu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

おり ori

お o

Words Using This Kanji

190 words total

Other (20 words)

回折格子かいせつこうし

diffraction grating

回折かいせつ

diffraction

曲折きょくせつ

bending

屈折くっせつ

bending

骨折こっせつ

bone fracture

左折させつ

turning to the left

三つ折りみつおり

threefold

十二折りじゅうにおり

duodecimo (folding)

opportunity

折り込むおりこむ

to fold in

折りたたむおりたたむ

to fold up

折れ曲がるおれまがる

to bend

折半せっぱん

halving

折からおりから

just then

折り重なるおりかさなる

to lie on top of one another

折り返しおりかえし

by return

折れ目おれめ

a fold

折も折おりもおり

at that very moment

折も折おりもおり

at that very moment

我を折るがをおる

to concede a point

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