Kanji N3

折: fold, break, fracture

折 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning fold, break, fracture, written with 7 strokes. It is read セツ, シャク (on) and おる, おり (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 骨折 (こっせつ, bone fracture) and 折れる (おれる, to break).

折

Meanings

  • fold
  • break
  • fracture
  • bend
  • yield
  • submit
Strokes7
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#962 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • セツ
  • シャク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • おる
  • おり
  • おり
  • -おり
  • おれる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Common words with 折

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 骨折こっせつ

    bone fracture

    JLPT N3
  • 折れるおれる

    to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture

    JLPT N4
  • 折るおる

    to break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off

    JLPT N4
  • 時折ときおり

    sometimes; at intervals; occasionally

    JLPT N1
  • 折り返すおりかえす

    to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.)

    JLPT N1
  • 折衷せっちゅう

    compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism

    JLPT N1
  • 折角せっかく

    with trouble; at great pains

    JLPT N2
  • 屈折くっせつ

    bending; curving; twisting; turning; winding

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.