折 means “fold, break”

おる · oru

Also: fracture, bend

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

おる, おり, おれる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

セツ, シャク

JLPT N3 · Taught in grade 4 · 7 strokes

The story

A hand (扌) and an axe (斤): picture snapping a branch in two. 折 folds and breaks: 折り紙 folds paper into cranes, 骨折 is a broken bone, and 右折 on a traffic sign is a right turn.

Used in 折り紙 (origami, paper folding), 骨折 (kossetsu, broken bone), and 右折 (usetsu, right turn)

More from Hands at Work

• 掛 hang
• 取 take
• 組 group
• 置 put
• 構 structure
• 付 attach
• 消 put out
• 配 distribute
• 除 remove
• 押 push
• 欠 lack
• 束 bundle

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.