折る

Meanings

1. to break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off; to pick (e.g. flowers)
2. to fold; to bend
3. to make (origami)
4. to interrupt; to end

Part of speech: godan verb (る), transitive

Kanji

• 折

  Meanings

  fold, break, fracture, bend

  On reading

  セツ、シャク

  Kun reading

  お.る、おり、お.り、-お.り、お.れる

  Strokes

  7

Example sentences

• 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.

  Tatoeba #2221129 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 落馬の結果足を折った。

  The fall from the horse resulted in a broken leg.

  Tatoeba #78512 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 折ろうとしても指が弱くなりすぎていた。

  Her fingers were too weak to fold it.

  Tatoeba #142061 · CC BY 2.0 FR