折 : Fold

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Components:

扌斤

fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit

On 'yomi:

セツ(setsu) シャク(shaku)

Kun 'yomi:

お.る(o.ru) おり(ori) お.り(o.ri) -お.り(o.ri) お.れる(o.reru)

Nanori:

せき(seki)

Strokes:	7
Radical:	扌 (64)
Usage Rating:	962

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	4

Unicode:	06298
jis208:	32-62

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折 Usage examples

雪折れ(ゆきおれ)	breaking under the weight of snow
風折れ(かざおれ)	broken by the wind
折れ込む(おれこむ)	to be folded under or inside
折よく(おりよく) 折りよく(おりよく) 折良く(おりよく) 折り好く(おりよく) 折好く(おりよく)	fortunately, luckily
折り悪く(おりわるく)	unfortunately
折悪しく(おりあしく) 折り悪しく(おりあしく)	unfortunately, at a bad time, at an unfortunate moment
折り節(おりふし) 折節(おりふし)	occasionally, at times, the season, from time to time
折伏(じゃくぶく)	preaching down
折悪しくして(おりあしくして)	unseasonably, inopportunely
折に触れて(おりにふれて) 折にふれて(おりにふれて) 折りに触れて(おりにふれて) 折りにふれて(おりにふれて)	occasionally, on opportunity
菓子折り(かしおり) 菓子折(かしおり)	box of cakes
屈折軸(くっせつじく)	axis of refraction
話の腰を折る(はなしのこしをおる)	to interfere, to butt in, to interrupt someone
筆を折る(ふでをおる)	to break off writing
骨を折る(ほねをおる)	to make efforts, to take pains
回折領域(かいせつりょういき)	diffraction region
回折損(かいせつそん)	diffraction loss
挫折感(ざせつかん)	feeling of frustration, sense of failure
波乱曲折(はらんきょくせつ) 波瀾曲折(はらんきょくせつ)	very involved and troublesome situation, complicated twists and turns
四季折々(しきおりおり) 四季折折(しきおりおり)	from season to season, season by season, of each season, in each season
雅俗折衷(がぞくせっちゅう)	blending of the classical and colloquial styles
樽俎折衝(そんそせっしょう)	diplomatic negotiations at the dinner table, diplomatic bargaining
百折不撓(ひゃくせつふとう)	indefatigability, indomitableness
崩折れる(くずおれる)	to collapse (physically or emotionally), to fall down
折しも(おりしも) 折りしも(おりしも)	at that (very) moment, just then
回折限界(かいせつげんかい)	diffraction limit
ミウラ折り(みうらおり) 三浦折り(みうらおり)	Miura map fold, special technique for folding used on some solar panel arrays
折り方(おりがた) 折方(おりがた)	origami instructions
中性子線回折(ちゅうせいしせんかいせつ)	neutron diffraction
折れ線グラフ(おれせんグラフ)	line graph
折敷(おしき)	(lacquered) wooden tray
折り紙を付ける(おりがみをつける) 折紙を付ける(おりがみをつける)	to vouch for, to endorse
転折(てんせつ)	in calligraphy, a brush movement where a horizontal line turns sharply downwards
折り山(おりやま)	pleat or fold peak
折りぐけ(おりぐけ)	fold and blindstitch a pleat or folded edge
刀折れ矢尽きて(かたなおれやつきて)	having exhausted every available means
折りたたみ印刷物(おりたたみいんさつぶつ) 折り畳み印刷物(おりたたみいんさつぶつ)	leaflet, folded printed matter