EntryCommonJLPT N4WaniKani 14
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off; to pick (e.g. flowers)

    最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。
    The last straw breaks the camel's back.
  2. to fold; to bend

  3. to make (origami)

  4. to interrupt; to end

    see 筆を折る

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit

Kun
お.るおりお.り-お.りお.れる
On
セツシャク
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
962 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 14

Built from

Used in names as

せき

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-3-4SKIP code
3c4.7The Kanji Dictionary
5202.1Four corner code
1354deroo
6298Unicode hex code
1-32-62JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1855Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2094New Nelson (John Haig)
253New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
297Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
189Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
225Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1130Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1211Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
830A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
385Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
585Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11890Morohashi
522A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1394Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1483Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
651sakade
560Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
551henshall3
485Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
772Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
860Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1139Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhe2, she2, zhe1Pinyin reading
jeol, jeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
14WaniKani level