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

8 strokes
Radical:
step
Parts:
Variants:
diameter, path, method
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1435 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 径 【ケイ】 diameter
  • 経路 【ケイロ】 course, route, path, channel, process, stages
  • 半径 【ハンケイ】 radius
  • 口径 【コウケイ】 aperture, bore, calibre, caliber

Kun reading compounds

  • 道 【みち】 road, path, street, lane, passage, route, way, distance, journey, road (e.g. to victory), course, way (of living, proper conduct, etc.), moral principles, teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma, field (e.g. of medicine), subject, speciality, means, way, method
  • 径書房 【こみちしょぼう】 Komichi Shobo Publishing Ltd (publishing company)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing4
Korean:
gyeong

Spanish

  • diámetro
  • camino
  • método

Portuguese

  • diâmetro
  • caminho
  • método

French

  • diamètre
  • chemin
  • méthode
492 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
845 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1451 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1602 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1630 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1279 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
576 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1475 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1572 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1448 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
622 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
347 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
216 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
260 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
891 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10080P Morohashi
291 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1730 New Nelson (John Haig)
882 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
947 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
502 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2072 2001 Kanji
3i5.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
2721.4 Four corner code
1-23-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f84 Unicode hex code