Info on the Kanji 折

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Meaning(s)

fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit

Reading(s)

onyomi SETSU
kunyomi o-ru, ori, o-reru

Other

stroke count 7
grade 4
jlpt level N3
Example words with 折
WordMeaning
おり
ori
opportunity / chance / occasion / time / fold / pleat / crease / small food box
うせつ
usetsu
turning to the right / right turn
かいおり
kai ori
analysis / analytical study / parsing / parse
かいせつ
kaisetsu
diffraction
きょくせつ
kyokusetsu
windings / meanderings / complications
きゅうおり
kyuu ori
many turns
させつ
sasetsu
turning to the left / left turn
ときおり
tokiori
sometimes
おりぐ
ori gu
to tear off / to peel off / to rip off / to strip off / to skin / to flay / to bark / to disrobe
おり
ori
opportunity / chance / occasion / time / fold / pleat / crease / small food box
おる
oru
to break / to fracture / to break off / to snap off / to pick / to fold / to bend / to make / to interrupt / to end
おりこみ
orikomi
foldout / insertion
おりかみ
ori kami
origami
おりおり
ori ori
occasionally
せっちゅう
secchuu
compromise / cross / blending / eclecticism
おりはこ
ori hako
box made of thin wood or cardboard
せっぱん
seppan
half / division
おりめ
orime
a fold / a crease / something done by convention / manner
てんおり
ten ori
in calligraphy, a brush movement where a horizontal line turns sharply downwards
はんおり
han ori
cutting in half / painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper
いちおり
ichi ori
one box
三つみっつおり
mittsu ori
threefold / folded in three
ゆびおり
yubiori
leading / prominent / eminent
ときおりり
tokiori ri
sometimes
からおりから
ori kara
just then / at that time / right then / at that moment / appropriate moment
しもおりしも
orishi mo
at that moment / just then
おりもおり
ori mo ori
at that very moment / coincidentally
よくおりよく
oriyoku
fortunately / luckily
り山おりやま
ori yama
pleat or fold peak
り紙おりがみ
origami
origami
り箱おりばこ
oribako
box made of thin wood or cardboard
り方おりほう
ori hou
instructions for origami
り本おりほん
ori hon
folding book / folded sections of a book
り目おりめ
orime
a fold / a crease / something done by convention / manner
れるおれる
ore ru
to break / to be broken / to snap / to fracture / to be folded / to give in / to back down / to yield / to submit / to turn
れ口おれくち
ore kuchi
a fold or crease
れ目おれめ
oreme
a fold / a crease
好くおりすく
ori suku
fortunately / luckily
返しおりかえし
orikaeshi
by return / without delay / lapel / cuffs / flap / chorus / refrain / repetition / aliasing / shuttle service / back-to-back / btb / wrapping / wrap
返るおりかえる
ori kaeru
to tell again and again / to repeat / to refrain / to turn up / to turn down
良くおりよく
ori yoku
fortunately / luckily
ゆきおれ
yuki ore
breaking under the weight of snow
なかおり
naka ori
folded in the middle
なかおれ
naka ore
felt hat / stopping in the middle / being interrupted in the middle / being broken in the middle / prematurely going soft during intercourse
かぜおれ
kaze ore
broken by the wind
なをれ
nawore
a disgrace / a blot
そのそのおり
sono ori
on that occasion / at that time
つづらつづらおり
tsudura ori
winding / meandering / sinuous / zigzag
へしへしおる
heshi oru
to smash / to break
格子かいせつこうし
kaisetsukoushi
grating
限界かいせつげんかい
kaisetsu genkai
diffraction limit
九十九つくもおり
tsukumo ori
winding / meandering / sinuous / zigzag
三つみっつおり
mittsu ori
threefold / folded in three
十二じゅうにおり
juuni ori
duodecimo
りからおりから
ori kara
just then / at that time / right then / at that moment / appropriate moment
りぐけおりぐけ
ori guke
fold and blindstitch a pleat or folded edge
りしもおりしも
ori shimo
at that moment / just then
りよくおりよく
ori yoku
fortunately / luckily
り悪くおりわるく
ori waruku
unfortunately
り好くおりすく
ori suku
fortunately / luckily
り合いおりあい
ori ai
agreement / compromise / mutual relations
り合うおりあう
ori au
to compromise
り込みおりこみ
ori komi
foldout / insertion
り込むおりこむ
ori komu
to fold inside
り紙付おりがみつき
origami tsuki
guaranteed / authentic / certified
り返しおりかえし
orikaeshi
by return / without delay / lapel / cuffs / flap / chorus / refrain / repetition / aliasing / shuttle service / back-to-back / btb / wrapping / wrap
り返すおりかえす
orikaesu
to turn up / to fold back / to loopback
れ合うおれあう
ore au
to get along with / to compromise / to make concessions / to come to an agreement
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Example Sentences with 折
彼は彼女に車を運転させるつもりはなかったのだが、彼女があまりにせがむものだから、彼の方がとうとうれた。

あ、そうだ。まゆに変なことしたら、背骨をる。

二つりにしたクッションを枕代わりに、僕はフローリングの上にカーペットを敷いただけの固い床へと横になる。

私は転んだ瞬間に手首をったことが分かった。



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