Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
962 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 曲折 【キョクセツ】 bending, winding, meandering, zigzagging, ups and downs, twists and turns, complications, difficulties, vicissitudes
  • 屈折 【クッセツ】 bending, curving, twisting, turning, winding, warping (of feelings, logic, etc.), distortion, twisting, refraction, inflection
  • 折伏 【シャクブク】 preaching down, breaking down someone's false beliefs through confrontation (in order to convert them to the right faith)

Kun reading compounds

  • 折る 【おる】 to break, to fracture, to break off, to snap off, to pick (e.g. flowers), to fold, to bend, to make (origami), to interrupt, to end
  • 折 【おり】 opportunity, chance, occasion, time, folding, fold, pleat, crease, small food box (wooden or cardboard), folding in ... (two, three, etc.), counter for folded items, counter for items (esp. food) packed in an oribako
  • 折り合い 【おりあい】 agreement (e.g. business, dispute), understanding, compromise, settlement, relationship, relation, (good, bad, etc.) terms
  • 折々 【おりおり】 occasionally, now and then, from time to time
  • 指折り 【ゆびおり】 leading, prominent, eminent, foremost, distinguished, counting on one's fingers
  • 折 【おり】 opportunity, chance, occasion, time, folding, fold, pleat, crease, small food box (wooden or cardboard), folding in ... (two, three, etc.), counter for folded items, counter for items (esp. food) packed in an oribako
  • 折り合い 【おりあい】 agreement (e.g. business, dispute), understanding, compromise, settlement, relationship, relation, (good, bad, etc.) terms
  • 折々 【おりおり】 occasionally, now and then, from time to time
  • 指折り 【ゆびおり】 leading, prominent, eminent, foremost, distinguished, counting on one's fingers
  • 折れる 【おれる】 to break, to be broken, to snap, to fracture, to be folded, to give in, to back down, to yield, to submit, to turn (a corner)

Readings

Japanese names:
せき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhe2, she2, zhe1
Korean:
jeol, je

Spanish

  • plegar
  • doblar
  • romper
  • dividir
  • en ese tiempo
  • quebrar

Portuguese

  • dobrar
  • quebrar
  • fraturar
  • curvar
  • produto
  • submeter

French

  • plier
  • casser
  • fracture
  • courber
  • céder
  • soumettre
  • tourner (coin)
651 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
551 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
522 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
830 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1855 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
585 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
560 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
385 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1394 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1483 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
772 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
860 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
297 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
189 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
225 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1139 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11890 Morohashi
253 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2094 New Nelson (John Haig)
1130 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1211 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
485 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1354 2001 Kanji
3c4.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
5202.1 Four corner code
1-32-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6298 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
field
Parts:
Variants:
tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold, shut up, do away with
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1665 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 畳 【ジョウ】 tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
  • 畳韻 【ジョウイン】 repeated rhymes (in Chinese poetry), recurring rhymes
  • 重畳 【チョウジョウ】 placed one upon another, piled up, excellent, splendid, superimposition, superposition
  • 山岳重畳 【サンガクチョウジョウ】 mountains rising one above another

Kun reading compounds

  • 畳む 【たたむ】 to fold (clothes, umbrella), to close (a shop, business), to vacate
  • 畳 【たたみ】 tatami mat, Japanese straw floor coverings
  • 畳敷き 【たたみじき】 tatami-matted
  • 柔道畳 【じゅうどうたたみ】 judo mat
  • 琉球畳 【りゅうきゅうたたみ】 Ryūkyū tatami, sturdy and durable tatami that has a facing weaved from Shichito matgrass

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
die2
Korean:
cheob

Spanish

  • tatami
  • contador para tatamis
  • apilar
  • pila
  • montón

Portuguese

  • esteira do tatami
  • sufixo para contagem de esteiras de tatami
  • dobrar
  • calar
  • abolir

French

  • tatami
  • compteur de tatamis
  • surface : 182 cm x 91 cm
  • replier
  • empiler
  • répété
  • fermer, boucler (maison)
  • terminer
1419 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1300 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3010 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
958 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
747 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1087 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1138 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1303 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3205 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2249 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1801 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21875P Morohashi
2592 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3763 New Nelson (John Haig)
1784 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1923 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1567 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3673 2001 Kanji
5f7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
6010.7 Four corner code
1-30-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7573 Unicode hex code