7 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 4th grade
JLPT exam level N3

fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit

Kun'yomi
  • to break ②to fold ③to make (origami) ④to interrupt
  • opportunity ②folding ③folding in ... (two, three, etc.) ④counter for folded items
  • -お
  • to break ②to be folded ③to give in ④to turn (a corner)
  • opportunity ②folding ③folding in ... (two, three, etc.) ④counter for folded items
On'yomi
  • セツ
  • シャク
Nanori
  • せき

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

-おれる 50.3%
おり 36.3%
セツ 13.3%
シャク 0.1%

Character Breakdown

fold, break, fracture
お.る おり セツ (4th, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
axe, 1.32 lb, catty
キン (8th, N1)

Contained In

Common Words

to break ②to be folded ③to give in ④to turn (a corner)
opportunity ②folding ③folding in ... (two, three, etc.) ④counter for folded items
to break ②to fold ③to make (origami) ④to interrupt
bone fracture
to break by hand (e.g. a flower) ②to make a young woman one's own thing
from season to season
just then ②appropriate moment
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References

Unicode hex code 6298
JIS X 0208 1-32-62
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Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 860
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Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3c4.7
Four corner code 5202.1
De Roo Code 1354