Kanji1 / 7
折 kanji
fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
セツシャク
Kun readings
おるおりおり-おりおれる
Words with 折
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3骨折Popularbone fracture
- N2折角Popularwith trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; precious; long-awaited; kind; generous
- N1屈折Popularbending; curving; twisting; turning; winding; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; twisting; refraction; inflection
- N1折衷Popularcompromise; cross; blending; eclecticism
- —右折Popularturning to the right; right turn
- —曲折Popularbending; winding; meandering; zigzagging; ups and downs; twists and turns; complications; difficulties; vicissitudes
- —左折Popularturning to the left; left turn
- —挫折Popularsetback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
- —折衝Popularnegotiation
- —折半Popularhalving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
- —和洋折衷Popularblending of Japanese and Western styles
- —回折diffraction
- —九折many turns (in a road)
- —夭折premature death
- —折檻physical punishment; beating; smacking; spanking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
- —折線broken line
- —転折changing direction (esp. of a ship); turning; brush movement where a horizontal line turns sharply downwards (in calligraphy)
- —破折fracture (of tooth)
- —折損snapping (of fixtures, mechanical equipment, etc.); breaking; fracturing; breakage
- —折衷案compromise proposal