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折 お.る、おり、お.り、-お.り、お.れる fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit 3 962 7 64 て・てへん 会意 Compound Ideographic It´s the latest Japanese game show: Forudo! Contestants are given a sheet of paper and are told to fold it into a complex origami shape. If they´re not done in 60 seconds, a huge axe descends from the ceiling and chops their work in half. Contestants know to recoil their hands from the falling axe, but some have been so absorbed in folding, they ignore the buzzer and get their fingers chopped off.

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セツ せき 折(おり): (1) opportunity; chance; occasion; time (2) fold; pleat; crease (3) small food box (wooden or cardboard)時折(ときおり): sometimes骨折(こっせつ): bone fracture折衷(せっちゅう): compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism折り返す(おりかえす): (1) to turn up; to fold back (2) to loopback (a signal, a message)屈折(くっせつ): (1) bending; indentation (2) refraction (3) inflection (4) warping (e.g. of opinion, reasoning, etc.); distortion折る(おる): (1) to break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off; to pick (e.g. flowers) (2) to fold; to bend (3) to make (origami) (4) to interrupt; to end折れる(おれる): (1) to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture (2) to be folded (3) to give in; to back down; to yield; to submit (4) to turn (a corner)折角(せっかく): with trouble; at great pains; long-awaited 4 手: hand斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) 手 4 (none) fold Fold some origami into the shape of an axe with your fingers. It´s even as sharp, so watch out for paper cuts!

Kanji	折
Onyomi	セツ
Kunyomi	お.る、おり、お.り、-お.り、お.れる
Nanori	せき
English	fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit
Examples	折(おり): (1) opportunity; chance; occasion; time (2) fold; pleat; crease (3) small food box (wooden or cardboard) 時折(ときおり): sometimes 骨折(こっせつ): bone fracture 折衷(せっちゅう): compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism 折り返す(おりかえす): (1) to turn up; to fold back (2) to loopback (a signal, a message) 屈折(くっせつ): (1) bending; indentation (2) refraction (3) inflection (4) warping (e.g. of opinion, reasoning, etc.); distortion 折る(おる): (1) to break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off; to pick (e.g. flowers) (2) to fold; to bend (3) to make (origami) (4) to interrupt; to end 折れる(おれる): (1) to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture (2) to be folded (3) to give in; to back down; to yield; to submit (4) to turn (a corner) 折角(せっかく): with trouble; at great pains; long-awaited
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	962
Components	手: hand 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69)
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	手
Radical Number	64
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	て・てへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	fold
Koohii Story 1	It´s the latest Japanese game show: Forudo! Contestants are given a sheet of paper and are told to fold it into a complex origami shape. If they´re not done in 60 seconds, a huge axe descends from the ceiling and chops their work in half. Contestants know to recoil their hands from the falling axe, but some have been so absorbed in folding, they ignore the buzzer and get their fingers chopped off.
Koohii Story 2	Fold some origami into the shape of an axe with your fingers. It´s even as sharp, so watch out for paper cuts!

Fold Axe Submit Fracture Turn Back E.G Break