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Kanji Detail for 折 - "to fold, to break, occasion"

折

  • Meaning

    折 means "to fold, to break, occasion."

    1. Fold - To bend; to crease.

    2. Break - To snap; to fracture.

    3. Occasion - A time; a moment.

  • Words using 折

    • 折衝 せっしょう Listen negotiation
    • 時折 ときおり Listen sometimes; at intervals; occasionally
    • 骨折 こっせつ Listen bone fracture
    • 曲折 きょくせつ Listen bending; winding; meandering
    • 挫折 ざせつ Listen setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration
    • 折り合い おりあい Listen agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise
    • 折り紙 おりがみ Listen origami; art of paper folding; hallmark
    • 折半 せっぱん Listen halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally

  • Four-character idioms with 折

    • 和洋折衷 わようせっちゅう Listen blending of Japanese and Western styles
    • 九十九折 つづらおり Listen winding; meandering; sinuous
    • 樽俎折衝 そんそせっしょう Listen diplomatic negotiations at the dinner table; diplomatic bargaining
    • 波乱曲折 はらんきょくせつ Listen very involved and troublesome situation; complicated twists and turns
    • 百折不撓 ひゃくせつふとう Listen indefatigability; indomitableness
    • 紆余曲折 うよきょくせつ Listen turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering

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    • Verified meaning: to fold, to break, occasion
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おり, おりさき, さがり)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 折

    Surnames 折(おり)Listen 折(おりさき)Listen 折(さがり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    fold; break; fracture; bend; yield; submit

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    break off, snap; bend

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To bend and break. All bending to curve or pressing to break is 折. Such as 折回, 攀折. | To judge. Such as judging cases being 折獄. Resolving doubts is 折衷. | To bend. Such as indirect progress being 轉折, 周折. Bending the body downward is 磬折. | To yield. Such as 折節下士, like today's "condescending." See (Book of Han). | To frustrate. Such as 百折不回. Also 折辱, meaning to rebuke. Such as 面折廷諍. | To destroy. Such as 折券, meaning destroying debt certificates. | To die young. Such as 夭折, 短折. | Components of a number are 折. Such as 70% being 七折; 75% being 七五折, meaning discounting from the full amount. | Loss is 折. Such as 折本, 折閱. | To offset. Such as 折色, 准折, meaning using this to offset that.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    setsu(セツ) セツ

    shaku(シャク) シャク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    o.ru(お-る) お-る

    oreru(お-れる) お-れる

    ori(おり) おり

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    fold break occasion box bend crease fracture moment snap turn twist curve buckle flex time

Sentences including 折

  • He had his arm broken during the game.

  • I meet her at school now and then.

  • Please give me your answer by return.

  • I broke my arm.

  • I am afraid they can't get along very well.

  • Don't break the branches.

  • I'll tell him to call you back.

  • He writes to his mother every now and then.

  • My brother fell off a tree and broke his leg.

  • At times i feel sad.

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More kanji with the radical 手 扌 (te・tehen)

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